Search

The article highlights the 2007 All-America City (AAC) Awards in the United States which honors communities for civic excellence. It is said that communities chosen to be an AAC have benefited from the award in a variety of ways including increases in economic growth, communal pride and prestige. Recipients of the ACC awards for 2007 include Flowing Wells, Arizona, Santa Rosa, California and Sierra Madre, California. The article describes the some of the projects and achievements these cities accomplished.

The article provides information on several cities in the United States that were awarded the National Civic League's 2000 All-America City Award, including Fresno, California; Naugatuck River Valley, Connecticut and Worcester, Massachusetts. Details are given outlining the social and local political conditions of each community within the previous decades and their successful establishment and implementation of political reform, community development, and civic engagement promotion through public programs are discussed.