Best Adaptive Use of a Building

Bonaparte Inn
Bonaparte
Winner

Precision Restoration & Paint, LLC
Story City
Honorable Mention

Best Business / Financial Assistance Program or Event

Positioning West Branch for the Future
West Branch
Winner

Entrepreneur Club
Sac City
Winner

Best Business Improvement Success Story

Hometown Foods
State Center
Winner

Best Community Initiated Development Project

Washington Court/Crescent Community Health Center (former casket company)
Dubuque
Winner

Best Upper Floor Rehabilitation

The Lagniappe
West Des Moines
Winner

The Jackson Building
Burlington
Honorable Mention

Best Design Committee Project - Beautification

Summer of '07 Beautification Efforts
Waterloo
Winner

"Bike Yard Art" Contest
Central City
Honorable Mention

Chautauqua Mural
Sac City
Honorable Mention

Best Design Committee Project - Education/Preservation

Architecture Days
Dubuque
Winner

Historical Walking Tour of Downtown Mason City
Mason City
Honorable Mention

Best Facade Improvement - $10,000 and Under

West Union Masonic Lodge #69
West Union
Winner

Bailey's Pizza Shop
State Center
Honorable Mention

Best Facade Improvement - Over $10,000

Breadeaux Building
Hampton
Winner

Staw Center for Culture and Commerce
Elkader
Honorable Mention

Woodard Building
West Union
Honorable Mention

Best Public Improvements Project - Streetscape / Enhancement

Greenfield Square Improvement Project
Greenfield
Winner

Keke Me Si Metose Neniwa "We the People"
Waterloo
Honorable Mention

Best Total Building Rehabilitation - 5,000 Square Feet and Under

The Commons Event Center
Greenfield
Winner

The Stratford Gallery of Art
Hamilton County
Honorable Mention

Heart of Iowa Market Place
West Des Moines
Honorable Mention

Best Total Building Rehabilitation - Over 5,000 Square Feet

Hotel Iowa
Keokuk
Winner

Star Brewery Complex
Dubuque
Honorable Mention

Best Fund Drive/Campaign/Project/Event

Cabin Fever
West Union
Winner

Best Partnership Effort Between Organizations

Movies Under the Moon
Cedar Falls
Winner

Storefront Initiative
Spencer
Honorable Mention

Best Public Relations of a Local Main Street Program

Dubuque Main Street Office Shower/Office Move
Dubuque
Winner

Best Volunteer Recognition Event

"2007 GCC / EDC Annual Meeting"
Story City
Winner

Best Holiday Event

Trick or Treat on Main
Mount Pleasant
Winner

Spookwalk 2007
Charles City
Honorable Mention

Best Image Campaign

Dubuque Main Street Re-imaging Campaign
Dubuque
Winner

The Case for Downtown Waterloo !
Waterloo
Honorable Mention

Best Promotion Utilizing a Partnership Effort

The Great River City Festival
Mason City
Winner

ARTstop
West Des Moines
Winner

Best Retail Event

Get Your Flips on Route 136 & Highway 218
Keokuk
Winner

Best Special Event

Iowa State H.O.G. Rally 2007
Charles City
Winner

Ham Jam
Hampton
Honorable Mention

Main Street Mount Pleasant 's Great Gobble
Mount Pleasant
Honorable Mention