Each year, the Friends of the Waterfront presents the Silver Anchor Awards to individuals, groups or companies who demonstrate a sincere commitment to the development of the Louisville area waterfront. A community panel reviews nominations and selects each year's recipient.

Previous Silver Anchor Award winners have included the following:

1992 - Junior League of Louisville, Inc. 1993 - Mrs. Barry Bingham, Sr. 1993 - Mrs. W.L. Lyons Brown 1993 - David A. Jones 1994 - The Honorable Romano Mazzoli 1995 - The Honorable Jerry Abramson 1996 - The Honorable David Armstrong 1997 - Ina Brown Bond 1997 - Doe Anderson, Inc. 1997 - The Falls of the Ohio Interpretive Center 1998 - Hargreaves Associates 1998 - Bravura Corporation

1999 - Hillerich & Bradsby Company 1999 - The Louisville Riverbats 2000 - The Honorable Paul Patton 2001 - Brown-Forman Corporation 2002 - Fifth Third Bank 2002 - R. Gene Smith 2002 - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 2003 - Congresswoman Anne M. Northup 2004 - Botanica/Waterfront Park Place 2005 - Tumbleweed 2006 - The Galt House/Kindred Health Care 2007 - Poe Companies - River Park Place 2008 - Senator Dan Kelly/Marlene Grissom 2009 - Sandra Frazier/Milton Metz

The awards are presented at our annual reception each September.