Awards and Honors

2024

  • Inaugural recipient of Iowa Finance Authority Excellence in Development designation

2013

  • HousingIowa Multifamily Housing Development Award, Iowa Finance Authority
  • "Best Public Improvement Project" (Intersection Mural Painting), Dubuque Main Street
  • Progress Award presented to West Heights Townhomes, Clinton Area Chamber of Commerce

2010

  • Best Adaptive Re-Use Preservation Award - Grant and Lincoln Schools,  Preservation Iowa
  • Best Total Building Rehabilitation – Spencer Middle School,  Main Street Iowa

 2009

  • Margaret Keyes Historic Preservation Award, State Historical Society of Iowa

 2008

  • Outstanding Contribution to the Iowa Mortgage Help Hotline, Iowa Home Ownership Education Project
  • Jack Dermody Downtown Partner Award – Clinton, Iowa, Clinton Chamber of Commerce
  • Excellence in Energy-Efficient Construction – Washington Court, Alliant Energy

 2007

  • Outstanding Preservation Project – Moeszinger-Marquis Hardware Company, State Historical Society of Iowa
  • Best Development Award – Washington Court, 1,000 Friends of Iowa
  • Best Community Initiated Development Award – Washington Court, Dubuque Main Street
  • Ken Kringle Historic Preservation Award – Washington Court, Dubuque Historical Society
  • Finalist in Affordable Housing – Washington Court, J. Timothy Anderson Awards for Excellence in Historic Rehabilitation

 2005

  • Iowa’s Preservation at Its Best Award – River City Apartments Large Residential Historic Rehabilitation, Iowa Historic Preservation Alliance

 2004

  • Iowa’s Preservation at Its Best Award – Van Allen Apartments
  • Large Residential Historic Rehabilitation, Iowa Historic Preservation Alliance

 2002

  • Community Design Excellence Award, Iowa Architectural Foundation

 2001

  • Best Total Building Rehabilitation, Main Street of Iowa

2000

  • Excellence in Management Award, Tax Credit Manager of the Year- Affordable Housing Management Association of Iowa and Nebraska.

1999

  • Iowa’s Best Preservation Award for Outstanding Achievement in Large Commercial Historic Rehabilitation, Iowa Historic Preservation Alliance
  • Iowa’s Best Preservation Award for Outstanding Achievement in Adaptive Re-use, Iowa Historic Preservation Alliance

1996

  • Innovations in Housing, Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines
  • Housing Initiative of the Year, Iowa Coalition for Housing and the Homeless
  • Outstanding Contribution to Housing and Rural Development, National Association of Community Action Agencies

Honors

  • National Historic Landmark Steward, 2005, United States National Park Service
  • Save America’s Treasures Grant Recipient- 2001, United States National Park Service