Last month, Ashoka Changemakers announced the finalists in their Sustainable Urban Housing: Collaborating for Liveable and Inclusive Cities competition. PUSH Buffalo was one of the 11 finalists, and GLUE asked you to vote for their project, as the winners would be decided by online voting. Changemakers announced the winners yesterday, and PUSH Buffalo was one of the three. The winning projects each receive a $10,000 award sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the American Planning Association, and the Department of State, to continue supporting the projects they've developed to help their communities.

The Flint Club is hosting two events this weekend (busy folks!). * Tonight is the Made in Flint Awards at the Greater Downtown Arts Council from 6-7:30 p.m. The awards celebrate people in and from Flint who are doing great things to show their love for Flint, in the following categories: emerging leader, philanthropist, community servant, and industry expert. Tickets are $15; you can download the Flint Live It, Love It Brochure here. * Tomorrow the Flint Club is hosting Quiet on the Set: Film Symposium, an intro to the film industry...

The Lake Superior Binational Forum (the citizen stakeholder group of the Lake Superior Binational Program) is soliciting nominations for its 2009 Environmental Stewardship Awards Program. The forum is seeking information about "extraordinary achievements by ordinary people," and will honor individuals who have made impressive efforts to protect or restore the Lake Superior Basin. The nomination form is downloadable here, and a few more details are below: ...

The EPA has awards to give away.