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Presidents’ Arts Friendly Community Awards
2008 Arts Friendly Communities Announced! The Village of Arlington Heights received the coveted Presidents’ Choice Award, and the City of Effingham received the Presidents’ Choice Award for a small community. 15 other communities captured Honorable Mentions. The 15 communities receiving Honorable Mentions are Aurora, Bartlett, Belvidere, Carol Stream, Danville, Elmwood Park, Hickory Hills, Highland Park, Hoffman Estates, Lombard, Orland Park, Palatine, Princeton, Tinley Park, Urbana, and Waukegan. The Illinois Arts Friendly Community Awards serve to recognize municipalities that support the arts and to celebrate municipal leaders who use the arts to build healthy communities. Previous recipients of the Presidents’ Awards are Schaumburg, Rockford, Rock Island, Carbondale, and Evanston (large community), and Fairfield, Palos Park, Prophetstown, Marshall, and Lincolnwood (small community). All nominations are judged on four criteria: Is the municipality’s commitment to the arts ongoing; Do the municipality’s arts activities meet a clearly defined community needs, and are the results tangible; Is broad and diverse support for the municipality’s arts activities present in the community; Is the municipality creative and innovative in integrating the arts with its overall municipal strategies? Questions? Please contact Scarlett Swerdlow, at 312-855-3105 x13 or swerdlow@artsalliance.org. Past Recipients 2008 Presidents’ Arts Friendly Community Awards Presidents’ Award Presidents’ Award for a Small Community
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