Announcing This Years' Finalists!
These 20 communities get
the chance to be named an
All-America City!
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DENVER, COLORADO - March 26, 2019 - The National Civic League is proud to announce the finalists for the 2019 All-America City Award (AAC). These finalists represent the diversity of American communities from the largest cities to the smallest towns, from east to west and north to south.
Battle Creek, Michigan
Clinton, North Carolina
Cornelius, Oregon
Doral, Florida
Dubuque, Iowa
Edinburg, Texas
El Paso, Texas
Gothenburg, Nebraska
Hallandale Beach, Florida
Houston, Texas
Livingston County, New York
Millcreek, Utah
Mission, Texas
Ontario, California
Pasco, Washington
Rancho Cordova, California
Rock Hill, South Carolina
San Antonio, Texas
West Hollywood, California
Wichita, Kansas
Finalist communities include the 4th largest city in America (Houston, TX) and a city of only 3,500 people (Gothenburg, NE). The 20 finalists share a common bond of working to create healthy communities through inclusive civic engagement.
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Leaders in Change & Collaboration
2019 AAC Finalists Building Healthy Communities through
Civic Engagement
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The award, given to 10 communities each year, celebrates and recognizes neighborhoods, villages, towns, cities, counties, tribes and regions that engage residents in innovative, inclusive and effective efforts to tackle critical challenges.
The National Civic League's President, Doug Linkhart explains the importance of using inclusive civic engagement:
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These finalist communities are building healthy communities through collaboration with residents, businesses and other stakeholders. While many people are concerned about the ability of our nation to improve lives, these communities are showing that great things can happen at the local level."
Thank you to our event sponsors:
Kaiser Permanente, National Health Partner
Southwest Airlines, the official airline of the All-America City Award
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Campaign for Grade-Level Reading
CGI Communications
ICMA-RC
Delta Dental
Greenberg Traurig
City of Aurora, CO
City of Denver, CO
City of Lakewood, CO
City of Las Vegas, NV
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What Happens Next?
Finalist communities will compete on June 21-23 in Denver, Colorado.
The 20 finalist communities will compete this June to be recognized as one of ten All-America Cities for 2019. Each community will bring a team of residents, nonprofit leaders, business representatives, government officials and young people to participate in presentations and workshops for three days in Denver, Colorado. The 2019 spotlight for the Award is efforts focused on inclusive engagement practices that create healthy communities for all, and particularly for populations currently experiencing poorer health outcomes. Finalist communities’ presentations will bring their written application to life and demonstrate the positive effects of using equitable engagement strategies to address issues such as promoting mental health, addressing obesity and building stronger neighborhoods.
Questions? Contact:
Rebecca Trout
Program Director, All-America City Awards
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70th All-America City Awards & Conference
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Creating Healthy Communities Through Inclusive Civic Engagement
June 21-23, 2019 in Denver, CO
The 2019 All-America City Awards and conference will include a one-day conference featuring workshops on health equity, followed by a special celebration of the National Civic League's 125th anniversary celebration.
What's happening at the conference?
An important meeting of civic leaders.
- Session Tracks: Health Equity, Youth/Education, and Community Well-Being.
- Location: Hilton Denver City Center located at 1701 California Street, Denver, Colorado, 80202
- Keynote Speakers:
- Honorable Henry Cisneros, Principal of Siebert Cisneros Shank & Co., L.L.C. past board chair, former Labor Secretary and Mayor of San Antonio.
- Alicia Lara, Senior Vice President, Impact, United Way Worldwide, board member
- David Mathews, President, CEO, Kettering Foundation, past board member
- La June Montgomery, CEO, President, W.K. Kellogg Foundation
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