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Silo Food Truck
Image by Janine Willis

Silo Fried Chicken won a 2022 Beautification Award for a Business

Plantings outside 414 N Aurora St.
Image by Janine Willis

414 N Aurora St won a 2022 Beautification award for a Residence

Station park in Freeville
Image by Janine Willis

Station Park in Freeville won a 2022 Beautification Award for Placemaking

Community Beautification Awards

The Community Beautification Award recognizes businesses, civic associations, community partners and volunteers who have contributed to beautification efforts. Winners are chosen from nominees in four categories: Business, Civic Association, Residence, and Placemaking--and all award winners receive public recognition and a small gift from the Community Beautification Program. The award is presented every few years. See the 2022 winners below!

Silo Food Truck

2022 Beautification Awards

The Beautification Program is pleased to announce our 2022 Community Beautification Awards!

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McGraw House

2020 Beautification Awards

McGraw House won the 2020 award for Residence, see more photos and read about other 2020 award winners here.

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The Cancer Resource Center of the Finger Lakes won the Not-For-Profit Award in 2019.

2019 Beautification Awards

The Cancer Resource center won the 2019 Community Beautification award for a non-profit organization. Read more about the other 2019 winners here.

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The Danby Gathery, winner of the 2018 Community Beautification Award for Placemaking.

2018 Beautification Awards

The 2018 Community Beautification Award for Placemaking was presented to Nancy Medsker, designer of the renovation of the Danby Gathery on Route 96B in Danby.

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Utica Marshall, 2017 Award for Residence

2017 Beautification Awards

The 2017 Community Beautification Award for a Residence was presented to the homeowners at the corner of Marshall and Utica Streets in downtown Ithaca.

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The 2016 Community Beautification Award for a Civic Association went to the Groton Public Library for outstanding landscape plantings in front of the library on Route 222.

2016 Beautification Awards

The 2016 Community Beautification Award for a Civic Association went to the Groton Public Library for outstanding landscape plantings in front of the library.

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Contact

Janine Willis
Community Beautification Coordinator
beautification@cornell.edu
(607) 272-2292

Last updated February 7, 2024

Beautification Awards

NOMINATE NOW

Nominations for the Community Awards are accepted all year (deadline October 1 annually) in the four categories:

  • Residential
  • Business
  • Civic Association or Non Profit
  • Placemaking

If you see exceptional beautification in Ithaca and Tompkins County, send in your nominations to the page contact. All award winners receive public recognition and a selection of items to be used in their further beautification efforts.

Every year we receive some nominations for projects that are already created and funded by the Beautification Program. These are not eligible for the awards, but it’s nice to see that people are noticing our work! Ineligible nominations include the Ithaca Commons, Monarch Way Station in Dryden, the Meadow Street plantings near Purity Ice Cream, and the plantings on Cayuga St. next to Tompkins Public Library.

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