Awards & Special Recognition

The City of Edwardsville is home to many kind and considerate people of numerous talents and skills. These include people who may live here or possibly visit, work or run a business in the City, and in doing so make Edwardsville a better place for all of us. It’s a privilege and priority for the City to recognize these people who exemplify excellence. The City’s awards and special recognition programs are as follows:  

Excellence in Edwardsville

This award recognizes people whose generous acts, contributions and achievements embody the spirit of the City and positively touch the lives of our neighbors and overall community. Recipients receive a City of Edwardsville Coin and are recognized at a City Council meeting for their efforts. 

Excellence in Edwardsville Webpage

Employee Excellence Award

The City is fortunate to employ a workforce that continually provides exceptional service to residents, businesses and visitors. The City appreciates their dedication to offering the highest quality of care as they tend to Edwardsville’s parks, streets, municipal infrastructure, public safety concerns and individual needs. 

Employee Excellence Webpage

Green Thumb Award

This award honors efforts to beautify Edwardsville through landscaping, flowering or gardening projects. For more than two decades, Green Thumb Awards have been handed out for residential, commercial and civic efforts. The award was undertaken by the Edwardsville Beautification and Tree Commission. 

Green Thumb Award Webpage

Spotlight Edwardsville

Mayor Art Risavy values the various people, places and entities that make Edwardsville the vibrant community it is today. He showcases our local businesses, organizations, volunteer groups and other entities through a series of Spotlight Edwardsville short videos.  

Spotlight Edwardsville Webpage

  1. 1 Spotlight Edwardsville The Cyclery
  2. 2 Spotlight Edwardsville Goshen Market
  3. 3 Spotlight Edwardsville Chef's Shoppe
  4. 4 Spotlight Edwardsville 222 Artisan Bakery

Veterans Banner & Spring Banner Programs

The City’s banner programs were initiated to provide the community an opportunity to publicly honor and thank two special groups of people: our veterans and our community contributors (educators, medical providers, first responders and others). These two special sets of banners are displayed on light posts throughout the City’s business district for different periods each year.

The Spring Banner Program honors community contributors each spring. 
Spring Banner Program Webpage

The Veterans Banner Program honors our hometown heroes, those who have previously served or currently serve in the military, each fall. 
Hometown Heroes (Veterans Banner) Program Webpage