Our Guest Blog on the Nuts about Southwest blog
Here it is.
Southwest Airlines is a sponsor of the 2010 All-America City Awards. Their blog is called “Nuts about Southwest.”
Category: All-America City Awards
June 30, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Lenexa’s 2010 AAC finalist presentation
We promised to post the finalist presentations from the AAC in KC, and here is the first:
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June 28, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
The Times Editorial Board Gets it
The El Paso Times editorial board:
“Mayor John Cook said, ‘I think our focus on children really impressed the judges.’
No doubt, because children are the future of any city and any society. Focusing on them cannot be anything but positive.
And El Paso’s delegation to the awards ceremony in Kansas City, Mo., played on that theme when it emphasized an El Paso program at public libraries promoting child literacy and health.
The award also shows that the reality of El Paso can overcome the myth in some quarters that El Paso is a violent border city. This assumption is too often made because El Paso lives in the shadow of violence of neighboring Juárez.
But that just shows the dangers of assumptions. El Paso is, and has been, designated one of the country’s safest major cities, and the murder rate here is significantly lower than in most other U.S. cities….”
Read the entire editorial here.
Song of the Shrimp
I was going through photos of the All-America City Awards event and found several that made me smile and a few that made me laugh out loud – this is one of the latter! Thanks to Mount Pleasant’s Town Administrator Mac Burdette (pictured in shark hat) and Erica Campbell (in the shrimp costume) for helping make this experience so FUN!
–Kristin Seavey
June 23, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
All-America City 2010: El Paso
Promoting civic engagement through a Neighborhood Leadership Academy, finding solutions to the storm water drainage problem and celebrating kids, books and health…
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June 21, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
All-America Cities Announced!
The National Civic League announced the winners of the 61st annual All-America City award during a celebration at the Hyatt Regency Crown Center in Kansas City.
- Chandler, Arizona
- Lynwood, California
- Rancho Cordova, California
- North Miami, Florida
- Acworth, Georgia
- Des Moines, Iowa
- Salisbury, Maryland
- Gastonia, North Carolina
- Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
- El Paso, Texas
Summaries of their projects after the jump
June 19, 2010 | 4 comments | View Post
Interview with Sharon Metz and Mike McGrath
In the video below, Sharon Metz, the foreperson of the All-America City Awards jury tells about judging. Mike McGrath, the Senior Editor of National Civic League, tells about NCL’s experiments with social media.
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June 18, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Team of Rancho Cordova Featured, Video
Here’s another awesome video of Rancho Cordova, California by Ryan Lundquist featuring the team.
Civic Action Fair: Music, Dancing, Fun
Last night’s Civic Action Fair and Cultural Entertainment Showcase here in Kansas City was a lot of fun. I will post videos later, but let’s start with pictures. You can find the pictures here.
In the picture below Kenni Blache and Nick Reinel from West Chester, Ohio.
June 18, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Rancho Cordova: Getting Ready and Presenting
Ryan Lundquist from Rancho Cordova, California shared this awesome video that documents the city’s presentation in All-America City Awards Final on Thursday in Kansas City.
June 17, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
