Downtown Association Awards

I&GN Depot - finalist in Texas Downtown Association’s Annual 2009 Presidents Awards.

Joy Graham, local historian, business owner and secretary of the Rockdale Downtown Association announced that Rockdale's Train Depot Restoration project was in the running for the major award at the annual Texas Downtown Associations Annual Revitalization Conference co-sponsored by the Texas Historical Commission, The Main Street Program and the Texas Downtown Association.

"The 1906 International and Great Northern Depot is a finalist in the Texas Downtown Associations Annual Revitalization Conference to be held in Tyler, Texas November 3 – 6, 2009. The Texas Downtown Association calls for nominations each year to be judged and awarded state recognition at their Annual Conference.

The Rockdale Downtown Association prepared the nomination application for TDA’s “best restoration” award. Rockdale Historical Society and Rockdale Chamber of Commerce were involved in helping to develop the application. The other two finalists in this competition are: Nepker Building located in Bastrop and The Whitmire & Whitmire Insurance building in Wichita Falls.

Rockdale is excited to have reached this level in the competition. Winners in this category will be announced at the TDA’s Annual Conference. The theme for this year’s conference is Texas Downtown Revitalization is “Tools for Downtown Development”. This conference is co-sponsored by Texas Historical Commission, The Main Street Program and TDA."
Information submitted by: Joy Graham, Secretary of Rockdale Downtown Association



And the winner is......Rockdale taking home the coveted award at the Texas Downtown Associations Annual Revitalization Conference held in Tyler, Texas November 3 – 6, 2009


In 2009, the Rockdale Downtown Association was awarded Organization of the Year by the Rockdale Chamber of Commerce.

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