City Honors Neighbors and Neighborhoods for Elevating Community

Winners Announced for 2024 Neighborhood Awards

October 07, 2024

Neighborhoods are intrinsic to the fabric of a successful community. To recognize their importance, the City of Tallahassee has held its annual Neighborhood Awards program for more than 40 years, honoring the residents and neighborhoods that have gone above and beyond to elevate and enrich the community. In a nod to the Bicentennial, this year's theme was Tallahassee 200 – A Celebration of Neighbors and Neighborhoods.

The call for nominees yielded applications that shone a light on the people, places and programs that add to Tallahassee's unique charm, strengthen individual neighborhoods and make our community an even better place to call home. Below are this year's winners.

Winners of the 2024 Neighborhood Awards

Outstanding Neighborhood of the Year: There are two categories for this award, and the winner in each received $500 to put toward a neighborhood project.

• Small Neighborhood of the Year (fewer than 200 homes)
• Sawgrass Plantation Homeowners Association

• Large Neighborhood of the Year (more than 200 homes)
• Town and Country Neighborhood Association

Outstanding Neighbor of the Year: Winners were chosen from each of two categories.

• Neighborhood Advocacy
• Apostle Willie Whiting, Jr., Jake Gaither Neighborhood Association

• Neighborliness
• Barbara Norwood, Jake Gaither Neighborhood Association

Best Neighborhood Program of the Year

• Physical Improvement
• First Place: Jake Gaither Neighborhood Association

• Social Improvement
• First Place: Jake Gaither Neighborhood Association
• Second Place: South City Neighborhood Association

• Neighborhood Communication
• First Place: Jake Gaither Neighborhood Association

For more information about the City's Neighborhood Awards Program and available neighborhood resources, visit Talgov.com/Neighborhoods.