Has your township improved its services or implemented a creative idea? If you’ve used innovation to benefit your residents, from improving fiscal accountability to health and wellness initiatives to innovative land use practices, get statewide recognition for your efforts and share your great ideas with others. Each year, the commonwealth presents the annual Governor’s Awards for Local Government Excellence to recognize communities for their successes in undertaking innovative projects and other initiatives to improve the quality of life in their communities. Awardees are recognized during Local Government Week in April and again at the PSATS conference. Nominations are due January 15, 2027. 

Townships may submit nominations for a project or initiative that your township did or a group project that your township completed with other local governments for the 2027 Governor’s Awards. Projects can be nominated in any of the following categories:   

• Building Community Partnerships  

• Fiscal Accountability and Best Management Practices  

• Health & Wellness Initiatives  

• Information Technology  

• Innovative Community/Government Initiatives  

• Innovative Planning and Sound Land Use Practices  

• Intergovernmental Cooperation  

• Promoting Community/Economic Revitalization  

• Responding to Adversity  

To learn more, click here for the award guidelines and click here to submit a nomination.