Four finalists from the city of Norman and OU have been nominated for the Keep Oklahoma Beautiful environmental excellence award competition.
The finalists are the City of Norman, the National Center for Employment Development Conference Center and Hotel, the Green Roof Project at OU’s National Weather Center and OU’s Recycle Like a Champion RecycleMania competition.
Projects were selected because of their efforts in the areas of environmental improvement, beautification and landscaping and environmental education and promotion.
The NWC Green Roof Project is the first experimental green roof at a university in Oklahoma, said Amy Buchanan, spokeswoman for the National Weather Center.
Norman is the first city in Oklahoma and only the 17th nationally to become a “Fair Trade Town,” according to a press release.
The environmental excellence awards and other special honors will be presented Tuesday at Keep Oklahoma Beautiful’s 20th annual awards banquet at the Skrivin Hilton Hotel in Oklahoma City.
“It’s a social networking event,” Wilkinson said. “Every story is told in a presentation, and we hope everybody is learning and getting ideas to share.”
If you go
WHAT: Keep Oklahoma Beautiful’s 20th Annual Awards Banquet
WHEN: Nov. 16
WHERE: Skirvin Hilton Hotel, 1 Park Ave., Oklahoma City
PRICE: $65 a ticket
LINKS
» Complete list of finalists
» For more information or to purchase banquet tickets
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