Awards and Accolades
Awards and Accolades
The Village of Schaumburg prides itself in providing exceptional, first-rate service to its customers – residents, business owners, and visitors. We are pleased to have received many awards, grants, and accolades; information about these honors is provided below.
| # | Award | Year | Award Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ACEC-IL Honor Award | 2023 | Recognizing the village’s Pavement Assessment and Management project with an Honor Award for exceptional engineering benefiting the public welfare. |
| 2 | Excellence in Snow and Ice Control Award | 2022 | The Village of Schaumburg is one of five agencies in the nation to receive the award, which promotes excellence in the management and administration of public works snow and ice operations, while minimizing environmental impacts. |
| 3 | GFOA Award | 2022 | The village received the prestigious Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for meeting the highest principles of governmental budgeting with special recognition for reporting performance measures. |
| 4 | Digital Cities Award | 2022 | Awarded first place for improving network security and keeping applications operating efficiently while being fiscally responsible. |
| 5 | ACEC-IL Merit Award | 2022 | The American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) of Illinois recognized the village with a Merit Award for the Woodfield Road Improvement Projects. |
| 6 | APWA Project of the Year | 2022 | The American Public Works Association Chicago Metro Chapter – Suburban Branch recognized the village’s Asset Management program, which uses state of the art software to track the condition of and work performed on all village assets such as streets, watermain, trees, sewers, facilities, etc. |
| 7 | Better Business Town Award | 2021 | The Better Business Bureau of Chicago and Northern Illinois recognized the village as a Better Business Town, a new designation that identifies highly engaged local communities that actively promote an ethical and trustworthy business marketplace. |
| 8 | Arbor Day Foundation Award | 2021 | Earned recognition as a 2020 Tree City USA® in honor of the village’s commitment to effective forest management. |
| 9 | Digital Cities Award | 2021 | Awarded fourth place for demonstrating the village’s commitment to using technology to improve operations and better serve the residents, visitors, and businesses. |
| 10 | Smart 50 Award | 2021 | Recognized for the village’s innovation in creating a custom-developed application to manage village snow removal operations while also providing real-time tracking. |
| 11 | Illinois ESGR Above and Beyond Award | 2021 | The village received the Above and Beyond Award for its dedication to supporting village employees who are members of the National Guard and Military Reserve. |
| 12 | GFOA Award | 2021 | The village received the prestigious Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for meeting the highest principles of governmental budgeting. |
| 13 | Bicycle Friendly Community Bronze Designation | 2020 | The Village of Schaumburg received a Bronze Bicycle Friendly Community (BFC) designation from the League of American Bicyclists for its continued commitment to improve bicycling through policies, infrastructure, and programs. |
| 14 | Municipality of the Year Award | 2020 | The Village of Schaumburg was awarded the 2020 Municipality of the Year by Illinois Real Estate Journal for the development activity and efforts of the Economic Development Department to make Schaumburg a friendly place to do business. |