Nominations for 2025’s awards are due by Friday, March 20, 2026. Award categories include:
Best Community Project
This award recognizes a project that has had a major economic development impact in a community. It rewards proficiency in areas such as strategic planning, business retention and expansion, placemaking, tourism, social enterprise, etc. within a municipality or community. The assessment of nominations focuses on achievements in the context of the approach, challenges faced and overcome, lessons learned, and economic or community impact.
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Best Regional Project
This award recognizes a project that has had a major economic development impact in a region. It rewards projects that included multiple partners and demonstrate the power and effectiveness of cooperation, coordination, and collaboration between stakeholders beyond the confines of of a single municipality or community. The assessment of nominations focuses on achievements in the context of the approach, challenges faced and overcome, lessons learned, and economic or community impact.
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Best Marketing Project
This award recognizes a marketing initiative aimed at attracting, retaining, and/or fostering economic development in Newfoundland and Labrador. It will reward communities or organizations for using marketing and communications to make a positive social or economic contribution at the local, regional, or provincial level. The assessment of nominations focuses on achievements in the context of the approach and economic or community impact.
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Best Sector Project
This award recognizes a sector-based project that has had a major economic development within Newfoundland and Labrador. Sectors can be primary, secondary, tertiary, or quaternary (i.e., industrial, commercial, community services, social, etc.). The assessment of nominations focuses on achievements in the context of the approach, challenges faced and overcome, lessons learned, and economic or impact.
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Economic Developer of the Year
This award recognizes an Economic Development practitioner in Newfoundland and Labrador. Individuals who are engaged as a professional, technical, management, or volunteer position in the field of economic development in Newfoundland and Labrador may be nominated. The assessment of nominations focuses on the impact that the individual has had through a specific project or the culmination of achievements over time.
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For more information on EDANL awards and to view previous winners, click here. Nominations for the 2025 awards are due by Friday March 20, 2026. Nominations can be submitted via the links above.
Nominees do not have to meet all criteria for each of the award categories to be eligible. Please note supporting documents can be valuable in the awards evaluation process. If there any additional testimonials, newspaper clippings, photographs, or other related information that will enhance the submission, please email them to info@edanl.ca, noting the nomination which they belong to.
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