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Lake Placid Olympic Museum Recognized with Award

Image of the inside of the Lake Placid Olympic Museum showing a larger than life portrait of skier Andrew Weibrecht on the left and other exhibits.

The International Sports Heritage Association (ISHA) recently announced their annual ISHY awards at the 2024 ISHA Conference in Boston. The Lake Placid Olympic Museum won Category D: Education Programming for its Mock IOC Election. The awards were given to 10 categories within the communities of sports museums, halls of fame and organizations for the preservation… Read more »

ORDA Receives Award for OJC Renovation

Olympic Jumping Complex towers with Adirondack Mountains in the background

The New York Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA) announces its four-year reconstruction project at the Olympic Jumping Complex was recently recognized by Engineering News Record New York (ENR NY) with a 2022 Award of Merit in the category of Renovation/Restoration. Judges selected from 21 projects in New York and New Jersey, each evaluated on the… Read more »

ORDA and NYSEF Receive Paul Bacon Award

Super G female athlete racing around a gate on Whiteface Mountain during the 2022 USCSA Championships

The New York Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA) and the New York Ski Educational Foundation (NYSEF) have been honored by the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association with this year’s Paul Bacon Award for event organization. The award recognizes the partnering organizations’ contributions to race organization and the wide array of events hosted in recent years…. Read more »