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City of La Porte <br />TAMI Award Recipient <br />I am very pleased to recognize the City of La Porte for receiving its first ever TAMI Award. <br />The TAMI Awards is the leading recognition program in Texas honoring excellence for municipal <br />communication strategies.The award is presented by the Texas Association of Municipal Information Officers <br />(TAMIO) which includes members from municipal, county and other related agencies and organizations. <br />Winners of TAMI Awards are selected by a group of non-TAMIO members withexpertise in the topic areas for <br />TAMI goes to the highest scoring entry in each competing category, with a Silver and Bronze TAMI awarded to <br />second and third place entrants respectively. <br />The City of La Porte received the Gold TAMI for the category of Best One Time Special Event- Centennial Celebration <br />of Battleship TEXAS. The City officially sponsored the tribute video for the event but the scope of <br />participation and promotion went far beyond just the video. Jaree Hefner, Marketing Specialist, created print, online, and <br />television ads that promoted the event and emphasized that it was being held in La Porte; she recruited participation from <br />various groups such as the Blue Knights, Boy Scouts, and the La Porte Police and Fire Departments in the Welcome <br />Home Procession for the veterans that served on the Battleship; and organized a fantastic recognition, proclamation, and <br />custom guitar pick guard for Bill Whitbeck, bass player for Robert Earl Keen and <br />- <br />she stayed up well past 1 am the evening of the event to get the photos uploaded and sent out to every new media outlet so <br />Congratulations to Jaree and the City for a job well done. We look forward to this being the first of many TAMI Awards! <br /> <br />