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The Health Care winner is the $300 million taxable bond issuance by the SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium to fund construction of a critical access replacement hospital. The issuer is a nonprofit, tax-exempt tribal health consortium and this was their first public bond issuance.

The Small Issuer honoree is the Buffalo Sewer Authority for its $49.2 million issuance of sewer system environmental impact revenue bonds, the authority’s first bond sale since 2003.

The project used a P3 structure to overcome adverse market conditions to successfully finance much-needed development along a major travel route.

The Foothill/Eastern Transportation Corridor Agency’s $760 million issuance of taxable and tax-exempt toll road refunding revenue bonds produced significant benefits for the issuer relative to conventional alternatives.

The transaction established a model that can be replicated, both for other Texas communities facing stress from storms like Winter Storm Uri, and for other cities and utility systems that face an increasing risk of natural disaster.

Proceeds from the sale will contribute to neighborhood improvement and blight remediation projects throughout the city, making it one of the rare uses of municipal bonds to fund urban blight removal, allowing the city to reach every neighborhood.

This marked the first new financing credit for the MTA’s transit and commuter capital program since its 2002 restructuring and marked the first long-term issuance under the security.

PortMiami is the largest cruise port in the world and a large containerized cargo port. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, PortMiami cruise operations were suspended for nearly 16 months.

The opening video for The Bond Buyer’s return to live events with the Deal of the Year ceremony in New York City on Dec. 16.

Edward Marquez, CFO of Miami-Dade County accepts the 2021 Deal of the Year Award for its seaport refunding.