This is just in from our friend Emily Kintzer of the Bus Project.

The Rubber Hits the Road Award: The Wheelie for Outstanding Public Interest Achievement

What has been the most innovative public policy accomplishment to hit Oregon in the twenty-first century (so far)? The 1970′s brought land use planning; the 1990′s produced Death with Dignity; the 1980′s lent us acid-wash jeans. What will be the legacy of the first decade of the 2K?

Send us your nomination for the best new idea to come out of the last six years.

Submit a nomination and win a prize! Anyone who nominates will be entered into a drawing and be randomly selected for one of the following prizes:

• A gift certificate to Food Front Co-Op on NW Thurman
• Two beautiful bracelets from Lake Oswego artist Faith Walmer
• A cookbook from Bo Rinaldi, former Silicon Valley power agent and current owner of Blossoming Lotus
• A Bus Project pint glass

What the winner gets: A Wheelie! The Wheelie will be presented by the Bus Project at the Armory in Portland on June 9th.

How the winner will be picked: Nominations will be taken until June 1st, and attendees to the Wheelies Gala on June 9th will have the opportunity to vote immediately prior.

Criteria for nominees: The Wheelie will be awarded to a recent innovative Oregon public interest accomplishment. What do we mean by that?

1. Recent: We can’t just rest on the laurels of the bottle bill. Nothing wilts faster than laurels rested upon. Anything this century is eligible; preference for even more recent.
2. Innovative: Showing public policy leadership.
3. Oregon: Makes Oregon better for the public – whether the whole state, or a locality. Local innovations count!
4. Public Interest Achievement: Something that got done – whether it’s a law put in place or a program launched – that has real promise for positive public interest results.

Nominate now! So whether it’s priority-based budgeting, fair-housing standards, or re-capturing power taxes, biofuels support, nominate the thing you think is making Oregon better.

Stay Tuned…this award is a prelude to a giant great idea hunt with multiple partners to be launched this summer… be thinking about great ideas that should happen, and be ready use your genius to make a difference for Oregon!

To submit a nomination, please use the web form on the Bus Project web site.

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