2013 LiveGreenLexington Games Winners

Congratulations to all our 2013 LiveGreenLexington Games Winners!  Winners were announced at our annual awards ceremony on August 1st at the West Sixth Brewery.  The Games’ Overall Winner goes to Good Foods Market and Café who also won the Waste Reduction Category and Water Stewardship Category.  Other winners include:

Lexington Habitat ReStore: Small Business Winner

Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital: Energy Conservation Category

Kentucky American Water: Energy Conservation Runner Up

Semicon Associates: Waste Reduction Runner Up

Estepp’s Friendly Shell: Water Stewardship Runner Up

FoodChain: Innovation Accolade

Bluegrass Youth Sustainability Council: Education Accolade

Town Branch Tree Experts, Inc: Stewardship Accolade

The LiveGreenLexington Games are a friendly year-long competition between area businesses aimed at helping these groups reduces their bottom line by becoming more environmentally friendly.  In order to participate, businesses fill out a survey detailing their practices related to recycling and waste reduction, water conservation and litter, and energy efficiency.

Forty-three LiveGreenLexington Partner businesses competed in this year’s Games, of which, 9 were recognized as winners at the ceremony.  After the award ceremony, the crowd also got to enjoy a free tour of the innovative Lexington business, FoodChain.

Special thanks goes to West Sixth Brewing, a LiveGreenLexington partner, for their hospitality that night.  If your business is interested in participating in the 2014 LiveGreenLexington Games, please contact Blair Hecker at livegreenlexingtongames@bggreensource.org.  The new competition gets kicked off on September 1!