Meridian Group had a big win last night during the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) Pinnacle Awards, taking home the event’s top prize, Best in Show, and a win in the Special Events category! The PR team was honored for the public relations campaign they developed and executed for the STIHL Tour des Trees, a weeklong, 500-mile cycling event to benefit the TREE Fund.

Last year’s Tour kicked off from NYC and was featured on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360° Blog, on TreeHugger.com, and in Bicycling Magazine among others. The team is already hard at work promoting the 2010 STIHL Tour des Trees, which kicks off from Chicago on July 18. Press coverage for the 2010 event already includes the Mother Nature Network, the Chicago Sun-Times, and the Orlando Sentinel. Congrats to the team on a big win!