Hopkins Names Community Image Award Winners

Hopkins on Thursday announced its picks for the best-looking properties of 2011.

The Community Image Awards honor owners “whose pride shines through their property.” The awards recognize both significant property upgrades—such as landscaping, accessibility, lighting or signs—and those who have demonstrated superior maintenance over the years.

A panel of judges selected six winners in three categories. The winners are:

Commercial/industrial/office

• Holiday Stationstores, Inc., 530 Blake Road
• , 107 Shady Oak Road
• , 62 Sixth Ave. S. 

Multi-family residential

• Fraser Hopkins Court, 41 Sixth Ave. N. 

Single family residential

• Jean Hammond, 338 Eighth Ave. N.
• Mike and Joan Opitz, 245 16^th Ave. N.

City Council will honor the with an award presentation at its Dec. 6 meeting, which takes place at 7:30 p.m. at .