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The All-America City Award recognizes exemplary grassroots community problem-solving and is given to communities that cooperatively tackle challenges and achieve results.
Since 1949, the All-America City Award has encouraged and recognized civic excellence, honoring communities of all sizes (cities, towns, counties, neighborhoods and regions) in which citizens, government, businesses and voluntary organizations work together to address critical local issues. Communities that teach the rest of us how to face difficult situations and meet those challenges in innovative and collaborative ways can become an All-America City.
All-America City winners and finalists experience heightened national attention -- a proven boost for the recruitment of industry, jobs and investment to the area.
The Award also reinvigorates a community's sense of civic pride. Winning communities benefit from utilizing the ingenuity, wisdom and traditions of the entire community in solving problems. And, most importantly, All-America Cities can teach and inspire communities throughout the nation who are struggling with similar difficult local issues.
All-America Cities are authorized to use the AAC logo in promoting their communities. This highly visible "stamp of approval" is widely recognized as evidence of a community of caring and dedicated individuals.