Placemaking Award Honorees
The BDA Placemaking Award recognizes individuals and organizations that make Downtown Bellevue a more vibrant urban environment.
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2024
- John Schoettler
2022
- Mary's Place
2020
- City of Bellevue | Meydenbauer Bay Park (Phase I)
2019
- Cultural Vitality: John Su, Su Development for SOMA Towers
- John Boespflug City Builder: Stacy Graven
2018
- City of Bellevue | Rotary Club of Bellevue for Downtown Park “Complete the Circle” and Inspiration Playground
- Kemper Development Company for Lincoln Square South
2017
- Community Treasure: KidsQuest Children’s Museum, move and opening in Downtown
- Community Treasure: Bellevue Boys & Girls Club, opening of new clubhouse
2014
- Cultural Treasure: Eastside Heritage Center
- Distinguished Community Service: Dr. Don Davidson
2013
- Arts Champion: Mary Pat Byrne
- Community Treasure: Bellevue Botanical Garden Society
- Opening of the Year: Bake’s Place
- Commute Champion: HNTB
- Groundbreaking of the Year: Su Development
- Cultural Catalyst: The Bellevue Collection
- Leadership: Leslie Lloyd
2012
- Community Treasure: Bellevue LifeSpring and Bellevue Rotary Club
- Commute Champion: CH2M HILL
- Deal of the Year: East Link Project Memorandum of Understanding, Sound Transit and City of Bellevue
- Opening of the Year: Bellevue Braids Project, Washington State Department of Transportation
- Place Maker of 2011: Visit Bellevue Washington
- Leadership: Grant Degginger
2011
- Residential Development: Avalon Towers Bellevue
- Cultural Catalyst: Tateuchi Center Campaign
- Move of the Year: Bungie to Bellevue
- Opening of the Year: Seattle Children’s Bellevue Clinic and Surgery Center
- Commute Champion: Tetra Tech INCA
- John Boespflug City Builder: Matt Terry
2010
- Placemaking Award: The Bravern
- Hotel Expansion: Hyatt Regency Bellevue
- Downtown Employer: Microsoft Corporation
- Office Development: City Center Plaza
- Skyline Award: elementsToo
- Residential Development: TEN20
- Commute Champion: Courtyard by Marriott Downtown Bellevue
- Community Service: YWCA Angeline's Eastside Women's Center & The Sophia Way
- BDA Champion & Leadership Recognition: Jill Ostrem
2009
- Civic Partner of the Year: Bellevue Parks & Community Services Department
- Community Treasure: Bellevue Regional Library
- Commute Champion: Symetra Financial
- Lease of the Year: Microsoft Lease at City Center Plaza
- Move of the Year: Expedia
- Skyline Award: Bellevue Towers
- John Boespflug City Builder: Suzanne Baugh
2008
- Lease of the Year: Microsoft at Bravern and Advanta
- Street of the Year: Main Street
- Community Treasure: Overlake Hospital and Medical Center
- Placemaker: The Meydenbauer Center
- Commute Champion: PACCAR Inc
- John Boespflug City Builder: John Valaas
2007
- Community Treasure: Bellevue City Hall
- Gutsy Move of the Year: The Parlor Billiards & Spirits
- Public Official of the Year: Ron Kessack, City of Bellevue Transportation Department
- Tradition Builder: Group Health for the Group Health Ice Arena
- Deal of the Year: Microsoft at Lincoln Square
- Leadership: Peter Horvitz, Horvitz Newspapers
- Corporate Citizenship: Symetra Financial
2006
- Place Maker: Kemper Development Company for The Bellevue Collection
- Community Builder: Bellevue Farmers Market
- Transaction of the Year: Schnitzer Northwest, LLC, for Civica Office Commons
- Tradition Builder: Jennifer Leavitt, Kemper Development Company, for Snowflake Lane
- Phoenix Award: Stu Vander Hoek and the Vander Hoek Corporation
- Business of the Year: PACCAR, Inc.
- Deal of the Year: Eddie Bauer Tower Lease with Ron Smith, Kemper Development Company; Jim Kinerk, The Broderick Group; Mark Borison, Eddie Bauer; and Patricia Loveall, GVA Kidder Mathews
2005
- Deal of the Year: Symetra Financial Lease (Symetra & Equity Office)
- Leadership: Mayor Connie Marshall
- Groundbreaking Development of the Year: OHMC/Group Health Joint Venture
- Downtown Steward Award: Charrette Steering Committee
- Skyline Maker: Gerry Gerron
- Tradition Builder: City of Bellevue Parks Department
- Community Treasure: Eastside Heritage Center
- BDA Booster: Joan Wallace
- John Boespflug City Builder: Kemper Freeman, Jr.
2004
- Deal Maker of the Year: Kemper Freeman, Jr.
- Leadership: Suzanne Baugh
- Community Treasure: Meydenbauer Convention Center
- Gutsy Move of the Year: Rick Collette and the BAM Board of Directors
- Miracle of the Year: Access Downtown Construction Management Team
- Transaction of the Year: First Mutual Bank
- Tradition Builder: Eastside Historical Center
- John Boespflug City Builder: All Past BDA Chairs
2003
- Deal Maker of the Year: Lisa Rowe, Bentall Capital
- Community Treasure: Bellevue Art Museum
- Tradition Builder: Wells Fargo Bank
- Miracle of the Year: City of Bellevue’s Access Downtown Team
- Gutsy Move of the Year: Chef John Howie
- Leadership: City of Bellevue City Hall Team
- Place Maker of the Year: CollinsWoerman & Streetworks
- DIP Purple Heart Award: Stu Vander Hoek
- John Boespflug City Builder: Bob Wallace
2002
- Livability: John Su
- Vitality: Kemper Freeman, Jr & Kemper Development
- John Boespflug City Builder: H. Jon Runstad & John Nordby
2001
- John Boespflug City Builder: David Schooler
2000
- John Boespflug City Builder: Kirk Mathewson