Congratulations to Margaret Banyan, Ph.D., one of BikeWalkLee’s founding
steering group members, who was just named as one of the four finalists for the
2011 Paulette Burton Citizen of the Year Award.
The Burton Award is presented by the Lee County Board of County
Commissioners (BoCC) for outstanding contributions to the Lee County community. The award is a tribute to the late Paulette Burton, a long time civic
activist in Lee County.
Margaret is a vital part of BikeWalkLee’s successful efforts in
advocating for complete streets and a balanced multi-modal transportation
system for Lee County. In addition to
serving on BikeWalkLee’s steering committee, she is a member of the Lee County
Community Sustainability Advisory Committee (serving as Chair 2009-11) and is
involved numerous other community activities.
She is an assistant professor at FGCU and teaches in the Division of
Public Affairs in land use planning, public administration, and political
science. There she bridges the energy of
students and the community to advance the important goals of sustainability, public
transit, governance, and citizen involvement.
Margaret is BikeWalkLee’s second member to be nominated for the Paulette
Burton award - Darla Letourneau was the 2010 finalist. The attention given to BikeWalkLee is due to
its efforts to build a broad coalition focused on community and livability in
Lee County.
At the Board’s Feb. 21st meeting, the Board will honor the
finalists and name the recipient of the Citizen of the Year. Click here for County's press release about the four finalists.
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