City communications receives state and national recognition

Bloomington Communications received 10 awards from the Minnesota Association of Government Communicators 2024 Northern Lights Awards. Four of the awards were first-place honors and one was an individual special achievement award. There were 162 entries submitted to this year’s contest from Minnesota organizations. The list of Bloomington awards includes:

Northern Lights Awards (first place) for the Bloomington. Tomorrow. Together. State of the City—Special event category, Bloomington. Tomorrow. Together. Corporate Report, Top Fun: Highway to the Open House video, and the Sidewalk Snow Removal Priorities video.

Silver Awards (second place) for the Bloomington Forward public information project, the Bloomington Briefing newsletter, the Bloomington Today cable TV show and the Notable Neighbor video series.

The City also received a Bronze Award (third place) for the Snowplow Heroes video.

In the national 3CMA Savvy Awards contest, Bloomington Communications won honors for three projects. A first-place award for the Bloomington Forward communications plan, a second-place award for the Notable Neighbor video series and a third-place award for the Bloomington Briefing. There were more than 1,000 entries from across the country in the Savvy Awards contest this year, a record high.