2022 LED Awards and Honors
• Best Workforce Development and Talent Attraction Program in the U.S.: LED FastStart (13th consecutive year)
• Edward Lowe Foundation Founders Award for the Nation's Best Entrepreneurship Programs
• Silver Shovel Award for Project Performance (11th time in 13 years)
• IEDC Best in Show & Gold Award for Resiliency, Recovery & Mitigation: The Water Campus
• IEDC Gold Award for Special Purpose Website (LED Annual Report)
• IEDC Silver Award for Economic Equity & Inclusion (Rural Revitalization)
• SEDC Communications Awards Best in Class and Special Judges Award for Innovation
• CiCi Award for Community Impact (SafeSource Direct and Louisiana Green Fuels)
• Only state Accredited Economic Development Organization (AEDO) in U.S.
• LED Secretary Don. Pierson appointed to U.S. Department of Commerce's Investment Advisory Council and named America's Competitiveness Exchange (ACE) Ambassador
