The St. Cloud Downtown Council will receive a 2015 International Downtown Association Pinnacle Award in late September.

The award is being presented to the council because of their work to repair Eastman Park and Lake George. The project, Claiming Our Community Through Collaboration, marks the importance of the high level of participation and collaboration in the community. Renovating the park led to the organization of Summertime by George, a weekly summer event held around Lake George.

More than 1,500 volunteers help to organize the event each year which averages ten thousand participants per week. Summertime by George is sponsored by Rotary member businesses.

The St. Cloud Rotary Club and City of St. Cloud supported the submission of the project for the award. A group of representatives from St. Cloud will attend a conference in California from September 30th to October 2nd to receive the award. The St. Cloud Downtown Council will host a Best Practices Webinar after the conference.