Apply for All-America City Award

Posted by on November 11, 2005

Applications for the 2006 All-America City Award are now available! The All-America City Award is the nation’s original and most prestigious community recognition award. Since 1949, the Award has honored communities of all sizes (cities, towns, counties, neighborhoods and regions) where community members, government, businesses and nonprofit organizations work together to address critical local issues. More than 500 communities have earned this distinguished title and many have earned it more than once.

If your community works collaboratively to overcome local challenges, it could become an All-America City and serve as a national model for other communities. The application process alone represents a valuable opportunity to evaluate the way your community manages opportunities and challenges, which can make your community stronger. Communities that earn the All-America City title realize numerous benefits, including:

Local, state,
and national recognition
Greater civic
pride and greater civic collaboration
Economic
stimulus

"This prestigious award recognizes America’s heroes who have taken responsibility for their communities, who form partnerships among citizens, local government and private businesses to ensure that we meet the urgent needs of our people and open new opportunities to our neighbors," said former
president Bill Clinton, in a Rose Garden Ceremony for All-America Cities.

The deadline for applications is March 9, 2006.
For more information, contact the Aleks Humeyumptewa at the National Civic League at 303-571-4343, ext 1218.