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Nominations Being Accepted for the 2016 City of Stamford Citizen of the Year

Post Date:09/19/2016 11:05 AM

STAMFORD, CT – September 19, 2016.  Mayor David R. Martin announced today that nominations are now being accepted for the 2016 City of Stamford Citizen of the Year.

“This award – Stamford’s Citizen of the Year – is one of our City’s most coveted community service and volunteer recognition efforts. It acknowledges an ordinary citizen who has been an extraordinary member of the Stamford community,” said Mayor Martin. “I am proud of this longstanding tradition that honors the best that Stamford residents have to offer our community and I look forward to seeing this year’s nominations.”

Martin also announced today the members of the 2016 Selection Committee. The six members, three of whom are past COTY recipients, include: Timothy Curtin-2013 and this year’s Selection Committee Chair; Gene Rubino -2014; Jay Sandak and Mary Sommer -2015; Kurt Zimbler, Commander, JWV Post 142; and at-large members Lisa L. Feinberg, and Noah Lapine.

“Stamford is blessed with an amazing citizenry that gives back to it,” said Curtin.  “As with others who have chaired this effort, I continue to be in awe of the people in this community who give so much of themselves. On behalf of the Committee, we’re looking forward to working together to make this always challenging selection of Stamford’s next Citizen of the Year.”

The criteria the committee will use to select the 2016 Citizen of the Year have been in place since 1945 when it was established by Mayor Webster Givens and Fred Robbins.

Those criteria are based on four key qualities that all previous recipients have met. He or she should: 

  • Demonstrate a belief in interfaith harmony
  • Possess the highest standards of responsibility in civic life
  • Help in the promotion of projects for the public welfare
  • Personally has worked with distinction to benefit Stamford on a community-wide basis

“I encourage all of us to take some time to stop and see those fellow citizens who exemplify these qualities and have made a difference in our lives, in our community,” Martin said. “When you know an ordinary citizen who has been doing amazing things in Stamford, take the time to nominate them. These special men and women are the individuals who consistently contribute to making Stamford the unique community that it has become.”

Nominations must be received by Friday, December 2, 2016, and include a bullet point summary of the nominee’s background supporting the criteria listed above. Nominations should be emailed to StamfordCitizen@aol.com or sent to: Nominations Committee, 2016 Stamford Citizen of the Year, 22 First Street, Stamford, CT  06905.

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