Chorus SmartSecure wins top Hoover Commercial Beautification Award for 2022
Chorus SmartSecure, a Riverchase-based home security and smart home automation company, snagged the Hoover Beautification Board’s top award for commercial beautification this year, the board announced Monday night.
The company was the overall winner among 32 companies nominated for a commercial beautification award this year, Beautification Board President Christine Hofmann announced at Monday night’s meeting of the Hoover City Council.
The Beautification Board gives out its commercial awards every two years.
Each property nominated was judged on five criteria, including first impression, creative design, plant selection, maintenance and hardscape design maintenance, Hofmann said.
This year’s judges were: Chuck Kelly, an expert in land planning and landscape architecture; Jennafer Collins, a a registered landscaped architect; and Kim Marlin, a horticulturist with the city of Hoover.
Acre Landscape takes care of the landscaping for Chorus SmartSecure’s property at 2183 Parkway Lake Drive in the Riverchase office park, which first won in the single-tenant business category before being declared the overall winner with the highest score from judges, Hofmann said.
The other categories and winners were:
- Large office complex — Meadow Brook Corporate Park
- Professional office — St. Vincent’s One Nineteen, 7191 Cahaba Valley Road
- Service stations and convenience stores — Mapco, 200 Inverness Center Drive
- Retirement community — Galleria Woods, 3850 Galleria Woods Drive
- Hotels and motels — Hyatt Place, 2980 John Hawkins Parkway
- Shopping malls, shopping strips and mixed use centers — Stadium Trace Village
- Fire stations — Hoover Fire Station No. 11 in Trace Crossings
- Restaurants — Chick-fil-A at The Grove, 5658 Grove Blvd.
- Churches — Prince of Peace Catholic Church, 4600 Preserve Parkway
- Educational facilities — Prince of Peace Catholic School, 4650 Preserve Parkway
- Financial institutions — America’s First Federal Credit Union, 3312 Old Columbiana Road