Call for Nominations:                             2008 Awards for Municipal Excellence     

              2008 Nomination Packet (.pdf)              

2008 Coversheet (Word .doc)

Information about the Awards for Municipal Excellence

The Awards for Municipal Excellence identify and showcase outstanding city and town programs that improve the quality of life in America's communities.

Winners of this award exemplify excellence in city governance, best practices in municipal policy, and established model programs that improve the lives of their citizens. 

The National League of Cities and CH2M HILL began a partnership in 1989 to recognize exceptional urban programs.  The Awards began by honoring James C. Howland, co-founder of CH2M HILL, as the James C. Howland Awards for Urban Enrichment.  In 2005, the sponsors changed the name to the Awards for Municipal Excellence, to reflect the rising standards that have been applied by judges in evaluating excellence and creativity in municipal programs over the years of the Awards. 

Nominated programs are judged on several criteria: successful public-private partnership ventures; productive citizen and community collaborations; effective management of municipal resources (public or private); innovative government policies; project implementation with tangible results; and the ability to replicate the project in other cities.

The programs are evaluated by a panel of judges. Eight winners are chosen from four population categories, with a gold and silver winner in each category.  The winning cities are nationally recognized and celebrated during NLC's Congress of Cities Conference and Expositionheld in November of each year.  In addition, winners receive a donation to a local non-profit organization of their choice.  

 For more information on the Awards for Municipal Excellence, email awards@nlc.org or call 202-626-3130.

More information regarding the Awards, Past winners and related News Articles

Award Winners                                                                     
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Pembroke Pines, Florida                 Lenexa, Kansas                                  Selma, Alabama    
2007 Silver Winner                           2007 Gold Winner                              2007 Silver Winner

150,001 - 500,000                             Less than 50,000                                  Less than 50,000
State Hospital Campus:  Human          Rain to Recreation, A Watershed         TRUSTBuild   
  Services Collaborations &                     Management Program        
  Redevelopment