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All-America City Table of Contents

All-America City Announcement Article

All-America City - The Process

All-America City - The Competition

All-America City - Editorial "It Really IS a Big Deal"

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All-America City - photos and video index

All-America City - SCLT article by Jan Reed

All-America City - Congratulatory Messages from the Community

The Winning Application

Sierra Madre Named All-America City

By Bill Coburn

Mayor Enid Joffe stepped on stage to the cheers of several hundred delegates representing twenty cities across the country in Anaheim last week, just after Sierra Madre was the second city announced of ten communities that earned the All-America City award title, the oldest and most prestigious civic recognition competition in the United States. Communities from thirteen of the fifty states participated in the three-day event, which was held at the Anaheim Marriott in Orange County, California.  There is no ranking among the ten cities chosen, there are ten cities selected, and ten number ones.  You might say the ten finalists not selected are ten number twos.

Joffe addressed the crowd, with most of the City’s delegation of nearly sixty people, close to twenty percent of whom were youth, standing behind her.  She thanked the National Civic League for naming Sierra Madre an All-America City.  “I can’t think of a better birthday present to our city than the All-America City award.  I have to say, it’s been a very tough year in our community, we’ve had a divisive election, we’ve had some issues, we’ve had a lot of uproar in our community, and even though we’ve been called Mayberry, even Sheriff Andy has some problems once in a while.”  She continued “I feel like we all have sixty new friends in this delegation, and hundreds of you out there who are now our friends, too.”  She then recognized Deputy Director of Community Services Elisa Weaver, noting that Weaver is one of those people who puts in 40 hours and then turns around and volunteers 40 hours.  Weaver stepped to the mike and gave credit to the team of delegates, noting that “This isn’t something, as you all know, that one or two people could do alone.”  She added that  “I do what I do because I work for the best community I’ve ever known.”

The winning communities are: (listed alphabetically by state): 

Flowing Wells, Arizona (neighborhood)
Santa Rosa, California
Sierra Madre, California
Hollywood, Florida
Polk County, Florida
Dubuque, Iowa
Lewiston, Maine
Barnstable, Massachusetts
Clinton, North Carolina
Hickory, North Carolina

Gloria Rubio-Cortés, president and CEO of the Denver-based nonprofit National Civic League stated that "These All-America cities symbolize the spirit of grassroots democracy and community problem solving." "Their award-winning efforts addressed some of the most difficult challenges facing communities today.  The National Civic League is nonpartisan organization founded in 1894 to strengthen citizen democracy. NCL accomplishes its mission through technical assistance, training, publishing, research, and the All-America City Award, the nation's oldest and most prestigious community recognition program.  Now in its 58th year, the award is an honor achieved by more than 500 neighborhoods, villages, towns, cities, counties, and regions across the country. Some have won the award multiple times.

The 2007 winners tackled tough community issues such as healthcare, environmental protection, demographic change, economic development, promotion of the arts, innovations in parks and recreation programs, cultural diversity, education, neighborhood revitalization, youth involvement in local decision-making and public safety.

After an extensive application/screening process, each finalist community sent a delegation of civic activists to present three examples of collaborative community problem solving. A "jury" of experts on local government and community affairs selected the ten winners based on their stories of positive community change.  For a community to be named an All-America City, it must be able to demonstrate successful resolution of community issues through collaborative effort.  Award winning criteria include the following: active citizen involvement, effective and efficient government performance, maximized local philanthropic and volunteer resources, a strong capacity for cooperation and consensus building, community vision and pride, inter-group relations, community information sharing, and intercommunity cooperation.

"All of the communities that participated in this year's All-America City Awards are winners," said NCL Chair Robert Rawson Jr. "These communities serve as models for the rest of the country by working collaboratively and demonstrating their ability to overcome challenges. That's what the All-America City Award is all about."

Now in its 58th year, more than 4,000 communities (neighborhoods/cities/towns/counties/regions) have competed and nearly 500 have been named "All-America Cities.  Some have won the award multiple times.  AAC winners are nationally recognized and realize significant economic impacts and increased civic engagement.

Cities named as finalists that were not selected as All-America City:

Calabasas, California
Kissimmee/Osceola County, Florida
Covington, Georgia
La Porte, Indiana
Fort Wayne - Allen County, Indiana
Lawrence, Kansas
Shawnee, Kansas
Independence, Oregon
Laredo, Texas
Radford, Virginia

Video of Mayor Enid Joffe accepting the award on behalf of Sierra Madre, Part 1

Video of Mayor Enid Joffe accepting the award on behalf of Sierra Madre, Part 2

Video of Mayor Enid Joffe accepting the award on behalf of Sierra Madre, Part 3

Video of Mayor Enid Joffe accepting the award on behalf of Sierra Madre, Part 4

Video of Mayor Enid Joffe accepting the award on behalf of Sierra Madre, Part 5

Video of Elisa Weaver addressing the audience, Part 6

 

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