Individual Winners
The following participants were drawn as prizewinners from among those who logged at least one alternative commute each week throughout the Commuter Challenge, May 1 through July 31, 2011.
Amazon Kindle Winners:
- Emily Austin, UT
- Sam Bounds, Knox County
- Ceris Hamilton, ORNL
- Chris Layton, ORNL
- Angela Mayes, City of Knoxville
- Gary Warden, Kimberly Clark
iPod Nano MP3 Winners:
- Austin Milt, College student
- Brian Pitcher, TVA
Knoxville Staycation
Daniel Dyer, City of Knoxville
Two nights at the Crowne Plaza Knoxville, dinner at Café 4 and more.
AAA Vacation Package
Daniel Pelfrey, ORNL
$1,500 towards a vacation package from AAA Travel of East Tennessee
Thanks so much to everyone who participated in the 2011 Commuter Challenge!
Business Challenge
The overall Business Winner of the Challenge is the University of Tennessee whose 100 participants removed 36,000 pounds of CO2 emissions from the air during the Challenge. The Green Spirit Award winning business is Oak Ridge National Lab (ORNL) which held three events during the Challenge to promote Smart Trips and vanpooling amongst its employees. Other business winners are Elizabeth Eason Architecture, the Metropolitan Planning Commission, 21st Mortgage and TVA. The top winning businesses will receive Tomato Head pizza and Magpies cupcakes. Others will receive Magpies cupcakes for their Smart Trips participants.