Darrel Hildebrand Regional Award of Merit for Distinguished Leadership –...
2016 PG&E of Bakersfield and Kern County 2015 Jim Suver CEO, Ridgecrest Regional Hospital 2014 No award given 2013 Karen Goh Garden Pathways 2012 William Michael Leming CEO, Desert Empire Fair...
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2016 No award given 2015 Downtown Bakersfield Development Corporation “Safe, Secure and Welcoming” 2014 City of Bakersfield “Bakersfield Mobile” Service Request Application The post Regional Award of...
View ArticleRichard A Maxwell Regional Award of Merit for Public Safety
2016 Delano Police Department School Resource Officers 2015 Bakersfield Police Department Reduced Call Response Times & Improved Community Outreach 2014 Bakersfield Fire Department’s Reserve...
View ArticleKen Volpe Regional Award of Merit for Environmental Resources and Conservation
2016 City of Tehachapi Public Works & Utilities Department 2016 City of Bakersfield’s Kit Fox Habitat Program 2015 James H. Gregory 2015 Airport Valet Express 2014 Kern Transit 2013 No award given...
View ArticleRegional Award of Merit for Transportation
2016 Minerva Rodriguez of Caltrans, District 6 Thomas Roads Improvement Program (TRIP) 2015 Thomas Roads Improvement Program State Route 178/Morning Drive Interchange Project 2015 City of Ridgecrest...
View ArticleRegional Award of Merit for Community Involvement
2016 Luda Fishman, Sophia Felix & Ray Scott Keep Bakersfield Beautiful 2016 Kern County Sheriff’s Department “Tarp Your Trash” Program 2015 22015 Oildorado Executive Board 2015 Building Healthy...
View ArticleRegional Award of Merit for Journalism
2016 No award given 2015 No award given 2014 KGET News Hydrogen Energy project newscast 2013 Rebecca Neipp The Ridgecrest News, Ridgecrest 2012 No award given 2011 Ruth Justis The Daily Independent,...
View ArticleRegional Award of Merit for Local Government
2016 City of Bakersfield, County of Kern, Bakersfield SPCA and Critters Without Litters Pet Adoption Program 2016 Dennis McNamara, Maria Lara and the McFarland City Council McFarland downtown...
View ArticleArt Contest Winners
The Kern COG Art Contest was held in 2010 and 2011 to promote our talented local artists as well as our diverse means of transportation. 2011 Art Contest Winners Katherine Young-Beck – Best in Show...
View ArticleRonald E Brummett Regional Award of Merit for Lifetime Achievement
2022 Cynthia Tonkin City of Maricopa 2020/21 David Warner Buttonwillow Water District 2019 Alan Tandy City of Bakersfield 2018 Cheryl Wegman Council Member City of Wasco 2017 Tom Weil City of...
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