The Urban Excellence Awards celebrates businesses, organizations, individuals, events and projects that have made significant contributions toward creating a unique, vibrant and diverse downtown environment – and have made a lasting, positive impact on Downtown Tampa. Each year an awards jury representing a cross-section of Downtown constituencies selects award winners honoring the leadership, innovation, hard work, talent and community spirit.
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This award recognizes a public sector project that has made a positive and significant contribution to Downtown; and has demonstrated a strong impact in revitalizing the Downtown area.
This award recognizes a private sector project that has made a positive and significant contribution to Downtown; and has demonstrated a commitment to assist in revitalizing the Downtown area.
This award recognizes a group partnership that has made a unique, positive contribution to Downtown; and has been responsible for a project or program that has complemented the work of the City of Tampa and the Tampa Downtown Partnership.
This award recognizes an iconic building that serves as a magnet to attract people to Downtown by improving the physical environment or by enhancing the economic, cultural or social well-being of the area.
This awards recognizes an event, entity or idea that involved people in or exposed them to a positive Downtown experience, thus enhancing their enjoyment while visiting the area.
This award recognizes a person, organization, business, project or initiative that has made a positive and significant contribution to a Downtown space or has created a more attractive pedestrian atmosphere, and commercially vibrant environment through activities, street level store front improvements or design elements.
This award recognizes a person, business, project or initiative that has made a positive and significant contribution to the Downtown marketplace or has improved Downtown by contributing a new or unique retail experience.
This award recognizes an organization, event or initiative that has had a significant and lasting impact on downtown’s arts and cultural life, stimulates economic growth, encourages tourism and enhances downtown’s cultural image.
This award is voted on by the public and recognizes a business, organization, individual, event, project or initiative that has made a significant contribution toward creating a unique, vibrant and diverse Downtown, and has made a positive impact on the Downtown community.
This award recognizes an individual that has made a positive and significant contribution to a program or project in Downtown; has added to the Downtown visitor experience and/or that has demonstrated strong leadership in revitalizing the Downtown area.
Public Sector Project Award
Lift Up Local by City of Tampa
HART Autonomous Vehicle Pilot
Private Sector Project Award
Embarc Collective Start Up Hub
WeWork Place (Tampa)
Downtown Collaboration Award
PBX-Change
“Art on the Block” Unity Mural Day
Landmark Development Project Award
Water Street Development, USF Morsani College of Medicine & JW Marriott
220 Madison
Downtown Experience Award
Henry B. Plant Museum Victorian Christmas Stroll
Pirate Water Taxi & Yacht Starship
Activating Spaces Award
Ashley Drive Vision Zero Project
Sparkman Wharf
Marketplace Award
Don Me NowDio Modern Mediterranean Restaurant Outdoor Dining Expansion
Arts & Culture Award
Straz Center for Performing Arts Performance Pivot
Do the Local Motion Tampa Bay
Christine Burdick Downtown Person of The Year Award
Lorrin Shepard
Ashley Bauman
People’s Choice AwardNew Yarrgh’s Eve Booty Drop
Bringing Light to North Franklin Street – 1205 on Franklin Private Office Suites
Dio Modern Mediterranean Restaurant Outdoor Dining Expansion
Do The Local Motion Tampa Bay
Don Me Now
Michael English
Moxies Cafe & Caterer
Peterbrooke Chocolatier Tampa