Overview

The CNDA Awards recognize outstanding achievement in neighborhood real estate development and community building, especially the achievements of community development corporations (CDCs), other community-based organizations and for-profit developers working to build healthier neighborhoods in the Chicago metropolitan area.

The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Awards for Architectural Excellence in Community Design recognizes and encourages best practices in community design, landscape design and architecture.  The winning projects clearly and successfully demonstrate a contribution to the visual, social, and cultural life in the communities they serve.

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LISC/Chicago is proud to serve as the organizing agency for CNDA and the Driehaus Foundation Awards for Architectural Excellence in Community Design and works closely with sponsors and volunteer committees and judges to select award recipients and to produce the annual awards ceremony.

Applicants for the 17th annual Chicago Neighborhood Development Awards in 2011 will be able to submit their entries online beginning in July 2010. 

For more information on the awards, please click on one of the bullet points below.