Announcements

The Vermont Municipal Bond Bank is the Small Issuer honoree for its $31.5 million issuance of Local Investment Bonds.

The bond bank is the winner in the Midwest for its $625 million issuance of bonds secured by lease rental payments for its Community Justice Campus.

The Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County, Florida wins the Southeast for a $347.6 million refunding utilizing "Cinderella bonds," which employ a crossover taxable and tax-exempt structure.

The first-ever honoree in the P3 category is Transurban’s 95 Express Lanes for $262 million of Senior Lien Revenue Bonds, issued by VSBFA, to fund its 10-mile Fredericksburg Extension project.

The San Diego Association of Governments’ $331 million capital grants receipts revenue bond sale is the honoree in the Far West.

The Health Care winner is the $6.5 billion CommonSpirit Health financing, the largest ever by a not-for-profit health system.

The Battery Park City Authority claimed the Northeast crown for its $673 million offering for resilience projects in a neighborhood devastated by Superstorm Sandy in 2012.

The Southwest recipient is the City of Austin’s $464.5 million offering of taxable revenue bonds to fund its acquisition of a biomass-fired power plant for the city’s electric utility.

The inaugural winner in the ESG/Green category is the L.A. County MTA's $545 million offering of sales tax revenue bonds, which included $418.5 million second-party-verified green bonds.

Each of the 10 category winners named is now eligible for the national Deal of the Year Award, which will be announced at the Dec. 4 gala.