Each year the Community Development Society presents awards to members and non-members in recognition of outstanding contributions to and achievements in the field of community development. The North Central region was well represented among the award recipients at the CDS annual conference on June 29, 2005, in Baltimore, Maryland. Award winners include:

• Jerry Wade, University of Missouri—Distinguished Service Award
• Johanna Reed Adams, University of Missouri—CD Achievement Award
• Christina Vasquez Case, University of Missouri—Student Achievement Award
• Karl Stauber, Northwest Area Foundation—Friend of CDS Award
• Mapping the Future of Your Community, Western Illinois University—Outstanding Program Award
• Ben Mueller, University of Illinois—Innovative Program Award
• Cornelia Butler Flora, North Central Regional Center for Rural Development— Outstanding Research Award

More information on the Community Development Society and its award program is available at http://comm-dev.org/

NCRCRD Director Cornelia Butler Flora received the Outstanding Research Award at the 2005 Annual Conference of the Community Development Society. Pictured above are (l-r) Laura Filbert Zacher, awards chairperson, Cornelia Butler Flora, and Milton Lopes, CDS president for 2004/05.