The Bond Buyer's 16th Annual Deal of the Year Awards 2017 | Source Media | 3 October 2017 | 583 Park Avenue, 63rd Street and Park Avenue, New York, NY 10065

The rules have been specifically crafted to encourage applications that represent the full diversity of the communities and public purposes that are served by the municipal finance market, from the largest to the smallest deals. As in past years,The Bond Buyer's editors will select five regional winners, reflecting the market's national scope.

The editors will also award special prizes to the outstanding small-issuer transaction—conducted by a public or nonprofit entity with less than $70 million of revenues in its most recent fiscal year—as well as a winner for the outstanding "nontraditional" public finance deal. Nonprofit and public health care organizations will be eligible to compete in the national category, which was established in recognition of the fact that many hospital operators manage systems that extend across the paper's traditional regional boundaries. All winners will be invited to attend The Bond Buyer's Awards Gala at 583 Park Avenue on December 6, where a national Deal of the Year will be announced from among the finalists.

• Northeast Region
The New York Transportation Development Corp

• Southwest Region
The Texas Water Development Board

• Midwest Region
Ohio State University

• Southeast Region
The Health and Educational Facilities Board of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee

• Far West Region
The San Diego Unified School District

• Non-Traditional Financing
The District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority

• Healthcare Financing
The Illinois Finance Authority on behalf of Presence Health Network

• Deal of the Year
The San Diego Unified School District

• Freda Johnson Public Sector
Suzanne Shank

• Freda Johnson Public Sector
Marian Zucker