March 19, 2008
HSU RECOGNIZED FOR DEDICATION TO METRO ORLANDO
ORLANDO, Fla. (March 19, 2008) – The Metro Orlando Economic Development Commission (EDC) honored Firm President C.T. Hsu, FAIA, with its Chairman’s Award at the 2008 James B. Greene Award dinner on March 5 at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center. The EDC is the largest private, not-for-profit, regional economic development organization in Florida and recognized as one of the world’s top economic development groups.
The Chairman’s Award annually recognizes a long term contributor to the region’s economic development goals, particularly the work of the Metro Orlando EDC. Hsu has been a member of the organization for nearly 20 years, has served on the EDC’s Executive Committee or Board of Directors for more than five years and was an inaugural committee chairman of the EDC’s Industry Outreach Program.
“This is the type of man for whom no job is too big or too small,” said Fred Leonhardt, chairman of the EDC Board of Directors, in presenting the award to Hsu. “From our perspective, you are the best thing Orlando has that was made in Taiwan!” Hsu credited his long-time friend and mentor, retired BellSouth executive Tom Hunt, for introducing him to the EDC at a time when the organization was restructuring to better reflect the region’s growing diversity.
“It is such an incredibly exciting time to live and work in Metro Orlando, thanks in large part to the efforts of the EDC. Orange County’s reputation as a biotech and medical hub is quickly growing as Innovation Way continues to take shape, and the region also is emerging as one of the nation’s top technology hubs with a growing digital media community and a world renowned simulation defense industry,” said Hsu. “Everyone in our community wins when the EDC succeeds. To be able to play a role in these triumphs has been priceless, and I am thankful for the opportunity.”
C.T. Hsu + Associates (www.cthsu.com) is an Orlando-based architectural planning and design firm named 2006 “Firm of the Year” by the American Institute of Architects - Florida Association. Established in 1984, the firm focuses on a mix of mid to large scale projects in the education, government, transportation and mixed use development sectors. Its multidisciplinary approach ranges from urban planning and design to architecture and interiors.
