National Association of Counties * Washington, D.C.      Vol. 32, No. 20 * November 6, 2000

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All-America City Award application
‘user-friendly’ version available

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Fewer questions and more flexibility are two of the new changes to this year’s All-America City (AAC) Award application. To encourage more communities to apply for the prestigious award, the National Civic League and sponsor Allstate Insurance Company, want to make the application process more user-friendly and to clarify that the award is not limited to incorporated cities.

With the new application, communities can designate whether they will apply as a county, city, neighborhood, town or region. While being a city was never a requirement, this new process will clarify that applicants can apply in ways they deem fitting for their locale. In fact, this year’s AAC winners included six cities, two counties and two regions.

The changes to the 2001 All-America City Award application include:

• Community application designation: Communities will specify how they wish to be perceived and recognized — as a county, city, neighborhood, town or region.
• Community challenge section: Communities will describe two of their most pressing challenges and why they should be selected as an All-America City.
• Community-driven projects: Communities will describe two projects that directly address the two challenges stated in the community challenge section.
• Civic Infrastructure: Communities will answer eight questions within the four sections of the National Civic League’s civic index.

The 2001 AAC application is available on-line at www.ncl.org/NCL/aacapp.htm. The deadline for submission is March 29, 2001. Thirty finalists will be announced May 1, 2001 and the awards celebration will be held in Atlanta/DeKalb County, Ga. June 21–23, 2001.

For further information on the All-America City Award contact Sharon Hartman at (303) 571-4343 or sharonh@ncl.org.