Woodson Award Winning Strategies

On June 29, 2005, HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson announced 14 winners of the first annual Robert L. Woodson Jr. Award. Named in honor of the former Department Chief of Staff, HUD is making this award to recognize communities that have taken on a leadership role in the effort to increase access to affordable housing for American families through regulatory reform.

The winners of this year’s Robert L. Woodson Jr. Award are:

• Austin, Texas
• Carolina, Puerto
• Chicago, Illinois
• Cincinnati, Ohio
• Town of Corte Madera, California
• Fitzgerald, Georgia
• Fort Collins, Colorado
• Grand Forks, North Dakota
• King County, Washington
• Orlando, Florida
• Oxnard, California
• San Antonio, Texas
• Santa Fe, New Mexico
• White Plains, New York