The Village of Algonquin's ECO (Engage, Conserve, Optimize) Committee would like to recognize residents, organizations, and businesses within the Village of Algonquin for their efforts to protect or preserve our natural environment.  The Gold Leaf Award is an outreach effort to engage and encourage residents to be active in the Village's environmental efforts.  It is an opportunity to recognize those individuals, families, organizations, classrooms, schools, and businesses that demonstrate an ongoing commitment to our local and global resources - water, land, and air - through involvement and participation in various environmental initiatives.  Individuals or groups may apply to receive the Gold Leaf Award through Algonquin's ECO Committee.

The award winners will be selected by the ECO Committee.  The criteria for judging may include originality, difficulty, organization, length of time devoted to the project, influencing/education of others, use of outside resources, degree of success in reaching goals, and the impact to the environment.   

Winners will receive a certificate of recognition at a Village Board meeting, and their project will be posted on the Village website (www.algonquin.org/eco).  The intent of posting projects on the website is to share ideas with the community, potentially to have others join your efforts, or to start similar projects on their own.

Please visit www.algonquin.org/eco for further information and application requirements.

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