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2020 Cottage & Town Award winners announced in Rehoboth

Main Street’s annual prizes recognize projects that add charm, beauty to city
Rehoboth Beach Main Street recently announced the winners of its 2020 Cottage & Town Awards. Pictured are (l-r) Rehoboth Beach Main Street board member Bob Suppies, award winners Jeff and Eileen Sellman, Rehoboth Beach Main Street Executive Director Dan Slagle, RBMS President Greer Maneval, RBMS board member Cindy Lovett, Loungin’ LIzzard’s Lee-Elle Aboutboul, RBMS Cottage & Town Award Committee Chair Suzie Martin, award winner Steven Linehan, award winner Tom Gaynor with Louis Pierre, and Sussex Landscaping’s Chris Parsons. CHRIS FLOOD PHOTOS
Chris Flood
October 22, 2020

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Rehoboth Beach Main Street
509 Rehoboth Avenue
Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971
United States

Rehoboth Beach Main Street recognized the winners of the 2020 Cottage & Town Awards with a presentation Oct. 17 at its office near Grove Park. The awards recognize residential and commercial property owners who contribute to the charm, beauty and history of downtown Rehoboth through architectural and landscape architectural renovation, restoration and preservation.

There are four award categories including residential renovation, restoration and preservation; commercial renovation, restoration and preservation; landscape architectural renovation, restoration and preservation; and new this year, residential new construction. Winners received an embossed bronze plaque.

This year’s winners were Tom Gaynor and Steven Linehan of 80 Oak Ave. for their landscaping; Jonathon Selway and Scott Edmonston of 38 Oak Ave. for the residential category; Loungin’ Lizzard for the commercial renovation of 161 Rehoboth Ave.; and Jeff and Eileen Sellman of 506 Jones Lane for new construction.

For more information on Rehoboth Beach Main Street, call 302-227-2772 or go to downtownrb.com.

In the inaugural year of the new construction category, Jeff and Eileen Sellman won an award for their property at 506 Jones Lane. They are shown with Rehoboth Beach Main Street Cottage & Town Award Committee Chair Suzie Martin.
Sussex Landscaping’s Chris Parsons, left, did the work, but Steven Linehan and Tom Gaynor, holding Louis Pierre, won an award for the landscaping done at 80 Oak Ave.
The Loungin’ Lizzard’s Lee-Elle Aboutboul was presented with an award for the business renovation of 161 Rehoboth Ave. Aboutboul is shown with Rehoboth Beach Main Street Executive Director Dan Slagle, left, and Rehoboth Beach Main Street Cottage & Town Award Committee Chair Suzie Martin.
Rehoboth Beach Main Street Cottage & Town Award Committee Chair Suzie Martin hands Jonathon Selway, center, and Scott Edmonston an award for the restoration of 38 Oak Ave. SUBMITTED PHOTO

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Chris Flood has been working for the Cape Gazette since early 2014. He currently covers Rehoboth Beach and Henlopen Acres, but has also covered Dewey Beach and the state government. He covers environmental stories, business stories and random stories on subjects he finds interesting, and he also writes a column called Choppin’ Wood that runs every other week. Additionally, Flood moonlights as the company’s circulation manager, which primarily means fixing boxes that are jammed with coins during daylight hours, but sometimes means delivering papers in the middle of the night. He’s a graduate of the University of Maine and the Landing School of Boat Building & Design.

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