Storefront for Community Design and Historic Richmond will partner for a sixth year to host the awards program to recognize professionals and community members improving our neighborhoods.
Do you have a project that was completed after January 1, 2021? Submit your project by September 12 at 11:59pm to be in the running for a Golden Hammer Award!
About the Golden Hammer Awards
The Golden Hammer Awards were started in 2000 with a goal of honoring excellence in neighborhood revitalization projects throughout Greater Richmond. This year's award event will take place on Thursday, October 27 from 6-8pm at Hardywood Richmond!
Categories include:
Best Restoration: Includes restoration by a homeowner, contractor, or developer. Includes historic tax credit projects.
Best Adaptive Reuse: Includes projects that were rehabilitated for a new use, multi-family residential, and historic tax credit projects welcome.
Best New Construction: Includes neighborhood infill.
Best Placemaking & Urban Design: Arts and culture projects, park and green-space projects, transportation and infrastructure projects, or other neighborhood enhancing features including large scale (i.e., parks, urban streetscapes, etc.) and small scale (i.e., community garden, grass roots programming, etc.).
Best Residential: Single-family residential projects.
Sponsorship Opportunities!
Annual support for our organization, programming, projects, and events is critical. Interested in becoming a sponsor for the Golden Hammer Awards? Check out our sponsorship benefits and opportunities for more information.