News Details (Posted: August 10, 2006):

You are a Proud of Resident of 2006 All-American City!!

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Lincoln Named 2006 All-American City!!!

For the second year in a row, Lincoln has been named a finalist in the All-America City competition...and we are proud to announce Lincoln was chosen to be a 2006 All-American City!
Last week the National Civic League announced 34 finalist communities for the 2006 All-America City Award program. The All-America City (AAC) Award program is the nation's oldest community recognition effort.
Founded in 1949 by then National Civic League (NCL) board chair George Gallup Sr., the AAC Award recognizes communities of all size -- including neighborhoods, towns, cities, counties and regions -- who have made major progress in meeting their most important needs.
The All-America City Award application is purposely arduous to ensure only the most deserving of communities apply and are selected. Each year, only a small percentage (roughly 5%) of those that begin the application process decide in the end that they have substance to meet the AAC criteria and have the drive to be named an All-America City.
This year, nearly 600 communities downloaded the 2006 All-America Award application. Over seventy communities then participated in our online briefings for potential applicants. Fifty communities committed to submitting an application for 2006 and then 36 communities actually completed the application process.
After examining past winning applications and discussing their prospects with NCL staff, 14 of those communities who had planned to apply in 2006 have decided to wait until 2007 to apply.
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