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Vail Colorado - Town of Vail and High Five Access Media Win 2022 Hometown Media Award 20 May 2022 ( news )
Vail , state Colorado ( By Press Release office)
May 20,2022
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Vail’s Sustainable Landscape Series , produced by
High Five Access Media
, took first place in the Informational Talk Show Series category in the 2022 Hometown Media Awards from the
Alliance for Community Media Foundation
.
Town of Vail partnered with High Five Access Media to create the informational videos to promote native and sustainable landscaping to replace some of Vail’s in - person education events during the height of the COVID - 19 pandemic . The three - part series featured experts from Betty Ford Alpine Gardens , Colorado Department of Agriculture , and ET Irrigation to educate viewers about native plant species for mountain areas , controlling pests without the use of chemicals and optimizing irrigation systems for water - efficiency . The
video series
can be viewed on High Five Access Media’s website .
“High Five Access Media took an idea we had for remote education programming and turned it into an engaging and informative series of videos that will help people take a more sustainable and attractive approach to their landscaping , ” said Pete Wadden , Town of Vail watershed education coordinator . “The pandemic put all our in - person education and outreach programming on hold even as reservoirs were dwindling , and fires were raging across the West . We couldn’t just sit on our hands and ignore these serious problems in 2021 . High Five gave us the tools we needed to spread an important message and the series they produced for us was absolutely top - notch . ”
Each year , nearly 1 , 000 video entries are submitted to the Hometown Media Awards . A panel of judges awards over 100 winners based on criteria such as creative approach , addressing community needs , developing diverse community involvement , challenging conventional commercial television formats and moving viewers to experience television in a different way .
“The Hometown Media Awards celebrate both the excellence of work and the diversity of media that appears on community channels being produced around the country . The ACM Foundation is proud of their achievement and of how they represent their communities in their work , ” said Mike Wassenaar , president & CEO , Alliance for Community Media .
Watch Part 1
Sustainable Landscape Series:
Native Plant Selections
:
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