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Lake Superior Magazine announces
2009 Achievement Award Winner:
The Great Waters
A partnership of Lake Superior and other regional
communities setting aside individual interests in favor of cooperative
benefits has earned the prestigious 2009 Lake Superior Magazine Achievement Award.
 The
Great Waters, a program developed in the eastern half of Michigan’s
Upper Peninsula to promote regional cooperation, is also enhancing
economic development opportunities and environmental health. The
program currently covers eastern U.P. towns within the Lake Superior,
Lake Huron and Lake Michigan regions.
“The Lake Superior Magazine Achievement Award has been given
annually since 1994 to a group or an individual that significantly
contributes to the well-being of Lake Superior and its communities,”
said Konnie LeMay, editor of Lake Superior Magazine. “And The
Great Waters, with its many involved partners, is making those
contributions plus is a functioning role model for other communities
around Lake Superior as well as all of the United States and Canada.”
The group Northern Initiatives secured a three-year rural development
grant and formed partnerships among at least 17 chambers of commerce
and bureaus of tourism that also contributed to The Great Waters
concept and developed the three main trails under the brand.
The Great Waters brought tourism, business, environmental and other
organizations together and created materials and a website promoting
the entire region.
“Each member of The Great Waters Steering Committee, along with our
valued resource partners at Pictured Rocks, the Sault Tribe,
Tahquamenon Falls State Park, the Hiawatha National Forest and the
Superior Watershed Council, have embraced The Great Waters
wholeheartedly,” said Christine Rector, director of regional strategies
for Northern Initiatives.
The Lake Superior Magazine Achievement Award will be formally presented to the group in October. The story about the award is in the October/November issue of Lake Superior Magazine currently on the newsstands or order from www.lakesuperior.com or 888-BIG LAKE (888-244-5253).
Past Award Winners
2008 Kurt Soderberg, Retired Executive Director of the
Western Lake Superior Sanitary District in Duluth
2007 The Earth Keepers Initiative
2006 Ray Clevenger and creation of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
2005 Gaylord Nelson, U.S. Senator, environmentalist
2004 The Nature Conservancy
2003 Davis Helberg, Retired Executive Director, Duluth Seaway Port Authority
2002 Elmer Engman, Diver, Founder of “Gales of November”
2001 Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
2000 Crisp Point Light Historical Society
1999 C. Patrick Labadie, Historian
1998 John and Ann Mahan, Authors/Publishers
1997 North of Superior Marina Marketing Association
1996 Cities of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan & Ontario
1995 Lake Superior Binational Forum
1994 Craig Blacklock, photographer
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