Silver Award of Distinction

Following a submission for the 21st Annual Communicator Awards, the City of Suffolk has been honored with a 2015 Silver Award of Distinction from The Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts for the 2014 Popular Annual Financial Report (PAFR). The PAFR was produced by the City of Suffolk Finance Department in conjunction with graphical and layout work by the City of Suffolk Media and Community Relations Department.
AIV Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts
This is the first year that the City has prepared the Popular Annual Financial Report (PAFR). The report provides an overview of the City’s financial results and is designed to increase awareness throughout the community of the City’s financial operations in a user-friendly manner. The information is derived from the audited financial statements in the City’s 2014 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR), which is our formal annual report. Hard copies are available at the Finance Department located at 442 West Washington Street, all Suffolk Public Libraries, the East Suffolk Recreation Center (138 South 6th Street), the Whaleyville Community Center (132 Robertson Street), and the Media and Community Relations Office located at 442 West Washington Street.

Communicator Award


The Communicator Award provides winners and their clients the recognition they deserve, and give communications and creative professionals proof and validation that their work is highly regarded by their peers within the industry. The Award of Distinction is presented for projects that exceed industry standards in quality and achievement.

The Communicator Awards is the leading international awards program recognizing big ideas in marketing and communications. Founded two decades ago, The Communicator Awards receives over 6,000 entries from companies and agencies of all sizes making it one of the largest awards of its kind in the world. The Communicator Awards honors work that transcends innovation and craft - work that made a lasting impact, providing an equal chance of winning to all entrants regardless of company or agency size and project budget.