Awards Event
2025 Townie Awards
The 2025 Townies Application is now open! Applications are open now until Friday, February 28th, 2025 at 5 pm. The Awards will take place this year in Bedford, PA on May 28th, 2025 at the Omni Bedford Springs Resort.
Please review the Guidelines and submit all applications on Submittable (links below). The Townies will take place If you have any other questions please reach out to Virginia Mauk at virginiamauk@padowntown.org.
Guidelines: 2025-Townie-Awards-guidelines
Submittable: Apply Here
2024 TOWNIE AWARD WINNERS
Downtown Chambersburg Inc.
Physical Improvements & Design: Program-Wide Facade Restoration
Chambersburg’s Facade Improvement Program
Diamond City Partnership & City of Wilkes-Barre
Physical Improvements & Design: Public Space Improvements
Public Square Performance Area
Shamokin Partnership for Revitalization
Physical Improvements & Design: Public Space Improvements
Plan GoShamokin
Mt. Lebanon Partnership | Mt. Lebanon Municipality
Physical Improvements & Design: Public Space Improvements
Vibrant Uptown Public Space Improvement
Downtown Inc. | York County Economic Alliance
Physical Improvements & Design: Public Space Improvements
York City Heritage Rail Trail Crosswalks
SouthSide Arts District | Bethlehem
Physical Improvements & Design: Public Space Improvements
Hope In Flight Mosaic Stair Mural
Spanish American Civic Association
Safe, Clean & Green: Community Greening
A Butterfly’s Path
The Ardmore Initiative
Promotions & Marketing: General Image & Identity
Windows Into History
Downtown Carlisle Association
Promotions & Marketing: Retail Promotions
Downtown PEEP SHOW
NeighborWorks Northeastern PA
Promotions & Marketing: Retail Promotions
West Side Wonderland
Building a Better Boyertown
Promotions & Marketing: Retail Promotions
Bearianne Gets Her Holiday Shopping Done!
Building a Better Boyertown
Promotions & Marketing: Special or Neighborhood Events
Pokémon GO! Tournament
Downtown Chambersburg Inc. | Downtown Business Council of Chambersburg | Council for the Arts of Chambersburg
Promotions & Marketing: Special or Neighborhood Events
Chambersburg’s Annual 4 Day IceFest!
MainSpring of Ephrata
Organizational Excellence: Community Partnerships
Ephrata’s Unleashed Dog Park
Burkentine Real Estate Group
Asset Enhancement
Franklin Square Project, New Freedom
Alecraft Brewery
Anchor Building
Alecraft Brewery Project, Railroad
Waterford Management Group, LLC
Anchor Building
Waterfront Warehouse, Pittston
Liz Winand
Volunteer of the Year York Heritage Rail Trails
Paul Stevenson
Chairmans’ Award for Youth Involvement Downtown Pittston Partnership
Mayor Mike Lombardo
Teri Foster Lifetime Achievement Award for Community
Pittston
WHAT ARE THE TOWNIE AWARDS?
The Townie Awards are a festive and venerable tradition designed to recognize the commonwealth’s core communities and individuals for creation and implementation of projects, programs and events that exemplify the goals of PDC’s community revitalization mission. Eligible communities consist of Pennsylvania Downtown Center’s nearly 200 member organizations, including Main Street and Elm Street programs, making the Townies a competitive award process each year.
APPLICATION AND GUIDELINES FOR THE TOWNIE AWARDS
BENEFITS OF WINNING A TOWNIE AWARD
- Builds credibility, community pride, and recognition for volunteers’ time and efforts
- Statewide press release to media and government agencies
- Letter of recognition to the Governor
- Featured on PA Downtown Center’s website throughout the following year
- Highlighted in PA Downtown Center’s weekly e-update, the Messenger
