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National Civic League Announces Finalists For 2003 All-America City Award |
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30 communities vie for nation's most prestigious civic award Denver, Colorado - April 30, 2003, The National Civic League announced today the 30 Finalist communities for this year's All-America City Award, the nation's premiere civic recognition program. The All-America City Award encourages and recognizes civic excellence, honoring the communities (neighborhoods, towns, cities, counties and regions) in which community members, government, businesses and non-profit organizations demonstrate successful resolution of critical community issues. Since 1949, more than 4,000 communities have competed and nearly 500 have been designated "All-America Cities." The Finalist communities that will be competing for the honor of being designated an All-America City are (listed in alphabetical order):
"The National Civic League would like to congratulate the thirty 2003 All-America City Award Finalists, as they serve as models for the rest of the country," said Christopher T. Gates, president of the National Civic League. "Through their demonstrated ingenuity and collaboration, these communities are tackling challenges that seem insurmountable and are producing positive and tangible results." The 30 Finalists will participate in a final round of the All-America City competition in Washington, D.C., June 12-14. A delegation from each Finalist community will present to a 10-member jury their innovative programs and local solutions addressing a wide range of social and community issues, including crime, education, poverty, housing and race relations. The ten 2003 All-America Cities will be named on June 14 during a special awards ceremony at the Hilton Washington & Towers. The ten communities designated as All-America Cities in 2002 were: Tuscaloosa-Northport Region, Alabama; Anchorage, Alaska; Fountain, Colorado; Elgin, Illinois; Roswell, New Mexico; Buffalo-Niagara Region, New York; Huntington, New York; Weslaco, Texas; Hampton, Virginia; and Everett, Washington. For more information about the All-America City Award, please visit the National Civic League web site at www.ncl.org/aac. The National Civic League is a 109-year-old non-profit, non-partisan
organization dedicated to strengthening citizen democracy by transforming
democratic institutions. NCL accomplishes its mission through technical
assistance, training, publishing, research, and the All-America City
Award. The National Civic League is headquartered in Denver, Colorado,
and has an office in Washington, D.C. |
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