Golden Brick Awards
The Golden Brick Awards are Downtown Orlando Partnership’s exclusive annual awards celebrating the people, projects, and initiatives from the previous year that propelled downtown forward. The program also includes the announcement of the “Downtowner of the Year” (DOTY) winner by Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer. The 2023 Golden Brick Awards, presented by AdventHealth, took place in the one-of-a-kind Steinmetz Hall at the Dr. Phillips Center on April 23, 2024.
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Event Categories & Sponsors
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- Arts & Culture – United Arts of Central Florida
- Commercial Development – Dean Mead
- Community – Schenkel Shultz
- Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion – JP Morgan Chase & Co.
- Entertainment & Special Events – Laconic Digital
- Hospitality & Dining – Visit Orlando
- Innovation & Technology – Innovate Orlando
- Public Works & Placemaking – PRISMATIC
- Redesign & Renovation – e|spaces
- Sporting Events – Balfour Beatty
- Sustainability & Resiliency – 11th Hour
- Game Changer – CareerSource Central Florida
Past Downtowner of the Year Recipients
2023 – Jason Siegel
2022 – Craig Ustler & Brooke Myers
2021 – Thomas C. Chatmon, Jr.
2020 – Kathy Ramsberger
2019 - Frank Billingsley
2018 – Allen Johnson
2017 – Dr. John C. Hitt
2016 – Orlando Community
2015 – Linda Landman Gonzalez
2014 – Jim Pugh
2013 – Phil Rawlins
2012 - Jennifer Quigley
2011 - Ron Legler
2004 - Joel Springman
2002 - Craig Ustler & Phil Rampy
2001 - Ford Kiene
2000 - Terry Olson
1999 - Sarah Kelly
1998 - Susan Morris
1997 - Nap Ford
1996 - Mercedes Clark
1995 - Scott Gabrielson
1994 - Joanie Schirm-Neiswender
1993 - Jimmy Hewitt
1992 - Roseann Roth Harrington
1991 - Tom Kohler
1989 - Rick Fletcher
1988 - Mayor Bill Frederick
1987 - John Glenn
1986 - Kaye Don Lewis
1985 - Bill Owen
1984 - Orlando City Council
1983 - Allen Arthur
1982 - Corb Sarchet
1981 - Jerry Chicone
Carolyn Wine
Bob Snow