The story also brought attention to a new national non-profit organization, FocusDriven, dedicated to raising awareness about the dangers of distracted driving, as well as Connecticut's model distracted driving laws. After learning that Village Creek founders were forerunners in obliterating racial and ethnic barriers in the city and prominent artists left their marks there, the Citizen staff began wondering what other historic Norwalk neighborhoods look liked, up close. [...] Nicole Rivard won honorable mention for feature article, community, non-daily, for "Norwalk native pens story about how he stopped smoking."