Just back from Tampa where we held a particularly successful All-America-City event. About 900 people came from all over the country.
The Tampa host committee and volunteers were very gracious and helpful, as were our stalwart volunteers from Barnstable, Massachusetts. (Barnstable won in 2007 and people there were so jazzed by the event that they sent volunteer delegations to help in 2008 and 2009.
The 2009 All-America Cities (alphabetically by state) are:
Phoenix, Arizona Inglewood, California
Fort Wayne, Indiana Richmond, Indiana
Wichita, Kansas Somerville, Massachusetts
Albany, New York Kinston, North Carolina
Statesville, North Carolina Caroline County, Virginia
Here is the press release, and here is a link to NCL President Gloria Rubio-Cortés’s photo album of the Friday night award presentation. I’ll be posting more about the winners and their community projects in the near future.
According to the jurors, this was a particularly strong group of finalists and winnowing the 29 down to ten All-America Cities wasn’t easy. I hope some of these finlaists try again next year when we will be in Kansas City, Missouri.
