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Downey recognizes City of STEM with Helen Putnam award and honors local volunteers and students
Summary
The council honored the City of STEM festival with a Helen Putnam Award and presented mayor's outstanding citizen awards, student recognitions, retirement honors, and public works commendations; several recipients spoke briefly and staff highlighted volunteer contributions.
Downey city officials used part of Tuesday's meeting to honor local volunteers, students and programs.
Nicholas Cabeza, regional public affairs manager at the League of California Cities, presented the Helen Putnam award to the City of Downey for its City of STEM festival, which staff said engaged hundreds of organizations and reached large regional audiences.…
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