NLC and CH2M HILL Announce Finalists for Municipal Excellence Awards
08/06/07
Thirty-five communities from across the United States
have been named finalists for the 2007 Awards for Municipal Excellence,
sponsored by the National League of Cities (NLC) and CH2M HILL. The Awards for
Municipal Excellence recognize outstanding programs that improve the quality of
life in America’s
communities.
“The leaders of America’s
cities and towns are some of the best innovators and problem-solvers in the
country because they must deal with the day-to-day challenges their citizens
are facing,” said Donald J. Borut, NLC’s executive director. “The Awards for Municipal Excellence are
one more way NLC helps communities share great ideas and learn from one
another.”
Communities
selected as finalists include:
Population more
than 500,000 Population less than 50,000
Austin, TX
DeLand, FL
Fort Worth, TX El Mirage, AZ
Los Angeles, CA Fairborn, OH
Louisville, KY Lenexa ,
KS
Milwaukee, WI
Salisbury, MD
Nashville, TN
San Marcos, TX
Selma, AL
Population 50,001
– 150,000 Population 150,001 – 500,000
Cathedral City, CA Aurora,
CO
Denton, TX Cape Coral, FL
Greeley, CO Cleveland, OH
Hollywood,
FL Durham,
NC (2 programs)
Lakewood, OH Huntsville, AL
Livermore, CA
Little Rock, AR
New Haven, CT
Long Beach, CA
Peoria, AZ Pembroke Pines, FL
Savannah, GA Plano, TX
Tinley Park, IL Scottsdale, AZ
Waco, TX
The Awards for Municipal Excellence will be presented to the
winning cities at NLC’s Congress of Cities and Exposition in New Orleans, La.,
November 13-17, 2007.
This year, NLC received 168 nominations from 37 states and
Puerto Rico. Nominated programs are judged on:
successful public-private partnership ventures; productive citizen and
community collaborations; effective management of municipal resources; innovative
government policies; project implementation with tangible results; and/or the
ability to replicate the project in other cities.
In 1989, NLC partnered with CH2M HILL to create a
recognition program, then named the James C. Howland Awards for Urban
Enrichment. It honored a founding partner and chief executive officer of CH2M
HILL, James C. Howland. Detailed
information about NLC’s Awards for Municipal Excellence can be found at www.nlc.org/resources_for_cities/awards___recognition/7760.aspx.
The
National League of Cities is the nation’s oldest and largest organization
devoted to strengthening and promoting cities as centers of opportunity,
leadership and governance. NLC is a resource and advocate for 19,000 cities,
towns and villages, representing more than 218 million Americans.
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