2025 VACo Achievement Awards Winners

BEST ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

WYTHE COUNTY
Hitachi Energy Arena Revitalization | Read Submission

BEST SMALL COUNTY ACHIEVEMENT
(50,000 or less population)

DINWIDDIE COUNTY
Middle School Mock Trial | Read Submission

BEST LARGE COUNTY ACHIEVEMENT

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY
Court Navigator | Read Submission

ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS WINNERS

1. ALBEMARLE COUNTY
   Pharmacy Project | Read Submission
2. AMHERST COUNTY
   Seminole Park Project | Read Submission
3. ARLINGTON COUNTY
   On-Street Food Scraps Collection Program for Multi-Family Building Residents | Read Submission
4. ARLINGTON COUNTY
   Next Generation 9-1-1 | Read Submission
5. BEDFORD COUNTY
   Canning for a Cause | Read Submission
6. BOTETOURT COUNTY
   Getting to Know BOCO | Read Submission
7. CAMPBELL COUNTY
   Start Small Campbell | Read Submission
8. CAROLINE COUNTY
   EMS Drug Kit Transition | Read Submission
9. CHESTERFIELD COUNTY
   Chesterfield Café con La Comunidad | Read Submission
10. CHESTERFIELD COUNTY
    Expanding Electronic Monitoring: Chesterfield Tackles Justice by Geography | Read Submission
11. CHESTERFIELD COUNTY
    HARP Acu-Wellness Program | Read Submission
12. CHESTERFIELD COUNTY
    Planning Pending Cases Application | Read Submission
13. CHESTERFIELD COUNTY
    Targeted Outreach: A Data-Informed Library Strategy | Read Submission
14. CUMBERLAND COUNTY
    Energy Facilities Policy Development | Read Submission
15. FAIRFAX COUNTY
    Accelerate Breakfast Series | Read Submission
16. FAIRFAX COUNTY
    Fair Ridge Shelter | Read Submission
17. FAIRFAX COUNTY
    Fire EMS Pharmacy Program: A Hub-and-Spoke Model for Medication Oversight and Access | Read Submission
18. FAIRFAX COUNTY
    Talent Up Fairfax Fund | Read Submission
19. FLOYD COUNTY
    Floyd EMS: Making Quality Emergency Care a Reality in a Hospital and Medical Desert | Read Submission
20. FRANKLIN COUNTY
    The Franklin County Public Library Reimagines Its Role in Community Health | Read Submission
21. GLOUCESTER COUNTY
    Current Conversation Podcast | Read Submission
22. GLOUCESTER COUNTY
    Reaching a Different Audience via Video | Read Submission
23. GREENE COUNTY
    Greene County Citizens Academy | Read Submission
24. HANOVER COUNTY
    Celebrating a Century: Honoring Hanover County Centenarians | Read Submission
25. HANOVER COUNTY
    Engage Hanover: Empowering Community Voice in Local Government | Read Submission
26. HENRICO COUNTY
    Cook and Book | Read Submission
27. HENRICO COUNTY
    Elementary Students Design and Build a New School | Read Submission
28. HENRICO COUNTY
    Parent-Child Interaction Therapy Program | Read Submission
29. HENRICO COUNTY
    Regional Recovery Day | Read Submission
30. JAMES CITY COUNTY
    James City County Safety Rodeo Program | Read Submission
31. JAMES CITY COUNTY
    Stormwater Seminars | Read Submission
32. LOUDOUN COUNTY
    Financial and Cybercrime Unit – Justice to Victims | Read Submission
33. LOUDOUN COUNTY
    Loudoun Farm Tour | Read Submission
34. LOUDOUN COUNTY
    Teen Photographers | Read Submission
35. LOUISA COUNTY
    Louisa County’s Enhanced Tourism Program | Read Submission
36. MONTGOMERY COUNTY
    2024 Presidential Election PSA | Read Submission
37. MONTGOMERY COUNTY
    Purricane Prep Pawty | Read Submission
38. ORANGE COUNTY
    Friday Night Fly-In Airport Movie Night | Read Submission
39. ORANGE COUNTY
    Youth-Driven Smoke Makes You Broke Campaign | Read Submission
40. POWHATAN COUNTY
    Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience (MWEE) | Read Submission
41. PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY
    An Innovative Partnership for Civic Problem-Solving | Read Submission
42. PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY
    Office of Elections Open House | Read Submission
43. PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY
    Re-Entry Center | Read Submission
44. PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY
    Route 234 Mobility Program | Read Submission
45. PULASKI COUNTY
    Public Safety Sensory Emergency Kits | Read Submission
46. ROANOKE COUNTY
    Smart Trash | Read Submission
47. RUSSELL COUNTY
    Russell County Community Work Program | Read Submission
48. SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY
    Builders Roundtable | Read Submission
49. STAFFORD COUNTY
    Stafford’s Business Events Initiative Boosts Small Businesses | Read Submission
50. STAFFORD COUNTY
    Start on Success: Empowering Students Through Opportunity and Partnership | Read Submission
51. SURRY COUNTY
    55+ Initiative | Read Submission
52. WISE COUNTY
    Elam Farm Site Development Project | Read Submission
53. WISE COUNTY
    Mineral Gap Solar Project | Read Submission
54. WYTHE COUNTY
    Play Wythe Ager Park | Read Submission