Success with the Communities in Bloom Award Program tells officials in Brandon they are heading in the right direction.

Brandon this year was singled out for its environmental initiatives.

Lindsay Hargreaves is Brandon's environmental initiatives coordinator.

In receiving the environmental action award, Brandon was recognized for its leading environmental efforts in a number of areas, including the wide breadth of community work being done by the Brandon Environment Committee, and Brandon City Council’s recent adoption of a 20-year green space master plan.