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Awards
Applications for Neighborhood Awards are now open year-round. Submissions will be considered each year in February. Nominate a neighbor using this online form.
Important note for other award categories: Applications for Arts & Culture, Sustainability and Resilience, Water Conservation, Historic Preservation and Dolores Huerta Scholarships will open January 1. Check back here for application links to these award categories then.
2025 Neighborhood Celebration event details
Mark your calendar! The 2025 Neighborhood Celebration is set for the morning of Saturday, April 5, in the Fiesta Ramadas area at Kiwanis Park. This webpage will be updated as more event details become available.
See last year's celebration photos and honorees
On April 6, 2024, more than 300 community members bonded over games, live music and fun in Kiwanis Park as part of the third annual Neighborhood Celebration. Seventeen amazing neighbors, community members and local businesses were awarded for being great neighbors, impacting Tempe’s arts and culture, contributing to sustainability and resilience, conserving water and more.
Tempe would like to congratulate award winners for their impactful contributions to their community and thank the Neighborhood Advisory Commission for another successful neighborhood party.
2024 award winners and honorable mentions
- Neighborhood Awards winners: Broadmor Bike Bus, Cranksgiving, Oasis Lake, Elie Merheb, Lane Carraway, Jeff Caslake, Sid Frede and Tempe Preparatory Academy National Honor Society club.
- Arts and Culture Award winners: Tony Duncan, Darlene Justus, Tempe Artists Guild, Farmer Wilson and Kim DeMeritt.
- Sustainability Achievement of the Year: Ana Aguilar.
- Water Wise Landscape of the Year: Steve Bannochie.
- Historic Preservation award: Tempe Historic Preservation Foundation.
- The Dolores Huerta Scholarship was presented to Emma Ellexson.
2024 event photos and video
Watch the award ceremony here. Photos from the event are available for view and download here.