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2010 CSA Finalists Announced Date: Friday, April 9, 2010

(AUSTIN) - Envision Central Texas (ECT) today announced eight finalists for the 2010 ECT Community Stewardship Awards. Winners will be announced at the Community Stewardship Awards Luncheon on Friday, May 7 at 11:30 a.m. at the Hilton Austin. The event will be the fifth time the ECT Community Stewardship Awards will be presented to recognize and honor visionary people, projects and processes that are helping to ensure the region's livability in the future.

2010 ECT Community Stewardship Awards Finalists:
(Winners will be announced May 7 at the Luncheon)

904 West (Travis County)

Dahlstrom Ranch (Hays County)

Franklin Gardens (Travis County)

Jacobs Well Natural Area (Hays County)

Kyle Plum Creek Preserve and Nature Trail (Hays County)

Midtown Commons at Crestview Station (Travis County)

Sustainable Sites Initiative (Central Texas)

Taking Charge of Water Quality in the Plum Creek Watershed (Hays, Caldwell Counties)

This year's luncheon features Keynote Speaker Shelley Poticha, senior advisor for sustainable housing and communities, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, who will share insights into the recently formed federal Interagency Partnership for Sustainable Communities involving HUD, EPA and DOT. She will discuss this innovative program and how Central Texas can benefit from this new initiative.

Shelley Poticha has also been a co-chair at Transportation for America, president and CEO of Reconnecting America and former executive director of the Congress for New Urbanism. Throughout her distinguished career, she has become a national leader for the reform of land use and transportation planning and policy.

To attend the ECT luncheon, one can register online at www.envisioncentraltexas.org or download a registration form from the website to mail or fax to ECT. Individual tickets are $75 and sponsor tables are also available. Media representatives are invited to attend at no cost, but they must make reservations. For more information, call Diane Miller at 512.916.6037.

About Envision Central Texas:
Envision Central Texas (ECT) is a non-profit created in 2001 to assist in the public development and implementation of a regional vision addressing the growth of Central Texas, with an emphasis on land use, transportation and the environment. ECT serves as a catalyst for regional cooperation and planning in order to realize a common Vision for Central Texas which preserves and enhances our natural resources, economic vitality, social equity and overall quality of living. ECT believes that we must improve how we grow in order to sustain our region's quality of life and competitiveness. The focus of ECT is on what, where and when we build, and how that impacts natural resources and mobility.

Envision Central Texas, 6800 Burleson Road, Building 310, Suite 165, Austin, Texas 78744
Phone: 512.916.6037, Fax: 512: 916.6001
Email: dmiller@envisioncentraltexas.org
Website: www.envisioncentraltexas.org

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