The Mayor’s Good Neighbor is a way of honoring everyday people, the “unsung heroes,” who go above and beyond the call of duty to help their neighbors.
History
The Mayor’s Good Neighbor award began in 1990. Most commonly held as a luncheon the Good Neighbor Award has had events at such venues as the Seelbach Hotel, the Brown Hotel, and McCauley Theatre. Recipients were nominated throughout the City of Louisville representing each of the 12 Aldermanic wards.
Since Merger
In 2006, we re-created the Mayor’s Good Neighbor Award to take into account the entire 385 miles of the newly merged Metro Louisville. That allowed us to double the number of previous designees and include representatives in each of the 26 council districts.
2006 Good Neighbor Award Reception
This award recognizes an individual who has gone above and beyond in their years of service to neighborhoods and best represents the spirit of a true neighbor. The Mayor’s Good Neighbor Award seeks to identify and recognize people and organizations in Metro Louisville that are outstanding models of neighbors helping neighbors. Award recipients are those who are involved in innovative and unique activities that support and assist neighbors, neighborhoods, and/or neighborhood entities.
Judging
Each year, the Department of Neighborhoods enlists the assistance of each council member to choose a neighbor from their district to participate in the “Good Neighbor” review panel (selection committee) that evaluates each nominee. In an effort to make the judging process unbiased and lucid, the review panels consider candidates from differing counsel areas. Therefore, no panelist reviews a nominee from their own respective council districts or territories. A rating scale for the review process was created, in accordance with the eligibility and criteria for a candidate.
The selection committee receives copies of the nomination forms (without the nominator’s identity), copies of the rating scale, and a comments sheet to offer during their committee meeting. After reading the nominations, the selection committees are asked to rate the nominees on a 100 point scale. The nominee with the most points is the winner of their council district.