If you have an innovative idea for the Los Angeles CleanTech Corridor, an upcoming green business development zone on the eastern edge of downtown, consider applying for the Los Angeles Clean Tech Corridor and Green District Competition.

Presented by the Southern California Institute of Architecture and the Mayor's office, the open competition offers over $11,000 in prize money for the best vision of how to turn the industrial area into "an integrated economic, residential, clean energy, and cultural engine for the city through architectural and urban strategies."

The jury includes Los Angeles architect Michael Maltzan; Ming Fung, Graduate Director, SCI-Arc; Principal, Hodgetts+Fung Design and Architecture, Romel Pascual, City of Los Angeles Deputy Mayor for Energy and Environment; Calvin Hollis, Chief Operating Officer, Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles; and Nikolas Patsaouras, past President of the Los Angeles Board of the Los Angeles Water and Power Commissioners and former board member of the MTA.

Entry fees are due and competition registration closes on August 30. Final drafts are due on September 30. More information is available online.