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Winning Communities - 1959
Alton, IL
De Soto, MO
East St. Louis, IL
Fargo, ND
Lamar, CO
Norfolk, VA
San Juan, PR
Santa Fe Springs, CA
Seattle, WA
Vallejo, CA
Winston-Salem, NC

Finalist Communities - 1959
Abilene, TX
Andarko, OK
Baldwin Park, CA
Burbank, CA
Grants, NM
Green Forest, AK
Honolulu, HI
Lakewood, OH
Sioux City, IA
Springfield, MA
Washington Terrace, UT


Winning Communities - 1958
Bloomington, IN
Columbus, OH
Granite City, IL
Hayden, AZ
Highland Park, IL
Huntington, WV
Leadville, CO
New Haven, CT
Phoenix, AZ
Sheridan, WY
Westport, CT

Finalist Communities - 1958
Casper, WY
Chillicothe, OH
Denison, TX
Downey, CA
Elmwood Park, IL
Fresno, CA
Lebanon, NH
Presque Isle, ME
Sikeston, MO
Sunnyvale, CA
Tarrytown, NY


Winning Communities - 1957
Albuquerque, NM
Clarksburg, WV
Galesburg, IL
Ketchikan, AK
Miami-Dade County, FL
Middletown, OH
Neosho, MO
Omaha, NE
Philadelphia, PA
Vancouver, WA
Yankton, SD

Finalist Communities - 1957
Bryan, OH
Charlotte, NC
Corning, NY
Eureka, IL
Gardiner, ME
Newton, NJ
Oak Park, MI
Oak Park, IL
Presque Isle, ME
San Jose, CA
White Bear Lake, MN


Winning Communities - 1956
Anchorage, AK
Oakland, CA
Torrance, CA
Elgin, IL
St. Louis, MO
Springfield, MO
Laurinburg, NC
Zanesville, OH
Altus, OK
Brattleboro, VT
Tacoma, WA

Finalist Communities - 1956
Prescott, AZ
Denver, CO
Park Ridge, IL
Springfield, IL
Oskaloosa, IA
Kalamazoo, MI
Bloomington, MN
Duluth, MN
Santa Fe, NM
El Campo, TX
Superior, WI


Winning Communities - 1955
Phoenix City, AL
Riverside, CA
Savannah, GA
Bloomington, IL
Joliet, IL
St. Paul, MN
Port Huron, MI
Grand Island, NE
Cambridge, OH
Reading, PA
Bellevue, WA

Finalist Communities - 1955
Fort Collins, CO
Elmwood Park, IL
Brownstown, IN
Seymour, IN
Dubuque, IA
Medford, MA
Ypsilanti, MI
Sidney, OH
Aiken, SC
El Campo, TX
Lake Charles, LA


Winning Communities - 1954
Maricopa County, AZ
Decatur, AR
Modesto, CA
Pueblo, CO
Chicago, IL
Rock Island, IL
Rockville, MD
Richfield, MN
Mexico, MO
Newark, NJ
Warren, OH

Finalist Communities - 1954
Burbank, CA
El Cerrito, CA
Riverside, CA
Elmwood Park, IL
Fort Wayne, IN
Johnson County, KS
Beatrice, NE
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Passaic, NJ
Kettering, OH
Pendleton, OR


Winning Communities - 1953
Richmond, CA
Daytona Beach, FL
Park Forest, IL
Peoria, IL
Shreveport, LA
Flint, MI
De Soto, MO
Canton, OH
Scranton, PA
Petersburg, VA
Port Angeles, WA

Finalist Communities - 1953
Glendale, CA
Greenwich, CT
Norwich, CT
Lawrence, MA
Grand Rapids, MI
Fair Lawn, NJ
Rome, NY
Hamilton, OH
Toledo, OH
Pittsburgh, PA
Corpus Christi, TX


Winning Communities - 1952
Baltimore, MD
Bemidji, MN
Brookfield, IL
Compton, CA
Manhattan, KS
Miami, FL
Minneapolis, MN
Newburgh, NY
Owensboro, KY
Roanoke, VA
Woonsocket, RI

Finalist Communities - 1952
Torrance, CA
Daytona Beach, FL
Worcester, MA
Kansas City, MO
Setauket, NY
Wilkes-Barre, PA
Pawtucket, RI
Columbia, SC
Houston, TX
San Antonio, TX
Richmond, VA


Winning Communities - 1951
Atlanta, GA
Asheville-Buncombe Co., NC
Boston, MA
Columbia, SC
Dayton, OH
Kalamazoo, MI
Kansas City, MO
Mt. Vernon, IL
Pawtucket, RI
Philadelphia, PA
San Antonio, TX


Winning Communities - 1950
Cinncinnati, OH
Hartford, CT
Kansas City, MO
Montclair, NJ
Montgomery County, MD
New Orleans, LA
Portland, ME
Phoenix, AZ
Richmond, VA
Toledo, OH
Youngstown, OH


Winning Communities - 1949
Bayonne, NJ
Boston, MA
Cincinnati, OH
Cleveland, OH
Des Moines, IA
Grand Rapids, MI
Philadelphia, PA
Poughkeepsie, NY
San Antonio, TX
Worcester, MA

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