Metropolitan Pima Alliance (MPA) announced the winners and honorees for its 20th Annual Common Ground Awards Celebration, held April 18, 2025 at Hacienda Del Sol Resort & Spa and presented by title sponsor Stantec.

The Common Ground Awards recognize projects, organizations and community leaders that bridge divides, build productive partnerships and develop creative solutions to complex regional challenges. Since the first ceremony in 2003, more than 400 projects have been recognized through the program.

2025 Common Ground Award winners

• Bighorn CDO Levee Augmentation

• East Side City Hall Land Exchange

• La Posada at Pusch Ridge

• Las Vistas Neighborhood Stormwater Park

• Milagro on Oracle

• Northwest Outfall Siphon Rehabilitation

• Prince 10 Commercial Development

• Santa Cruz River shared use path at CalPortland

• Stone Avenue Cycle Track

• Uptown

Community collaborator organizations

• Borderland Construction Company

• BWS Architects

• Civil & Environmental Consultants

• Schnitzer Properties

• HSL Properties

Community collaborators

• Matt Bailey, Rusing, Lopez & Lizardi P.L.L.C. — MPA Board service

• Carla Blackwell, Pima County Director of Development Services

• Walter Hoge, Rio West Development & Construction — MPA Board service

• Mayor Ed Honea, Town of Marana

• Shannon Murphy, CBRE — MPA Board service

The 2025 honorees reflect the collaborative approach at the center of MPA’s mission: bringing government, business, nonprofit and community stakeholders together to move Southern Arizona forward.