District Receives Statewide Honors at Annual Florida Public Relations Association Conference

News Release

The Southwest Florida Water Management District's (District) Public Affairs Bureau recently received top honors at the Florida Public Relations Association (FPRA) 60th Annual Golden Image. The winners were announced last week at the Association's 79th annual conference in Orlando. Recipients of this prestigious awards competition demonstrate the very best examples of innovation, planning and design in public relations. The Golden Image Awards have become a standard of public relations excellence in the state of Florida.

Cindy Rodriguez accepted a Judge's Award and a Golden Image Award in the Public Affairs category for the Polk County Regional Water Initiative. In addition, Rodriguez received the event's top award, the Grand All Image Award.

Brittany Jackson, Allen Yarbrough and Kenna Harrison accepted a Judge's Award and an Award of Distinction in the Special Events category for the District's Employee Meetings.

Mary Margaret Hull, APR, and Tara Poulton accepted a Judge's Award in the Public Service category on behalf of the multi-divisional team that worked on the Flatford Swamp Outreach project.

Robyn Felix accepted an Award of Distinction in the Internal Communications category for the Your Health Matters wellness initiative.

FPRA's Golden Image Awards program is conducted annually. To qualify for judging, a Golden Image entry must incorporate sound public relations research and planning. Entries must also meet the highest standard of production, execution and evaluation of results and budget.