HomeMy WebLinkAboutAll-America City Award Days - June 21-23, 2019Proclamation
“All-America City Award Days”
June 21-23, 2019
WHEREAS, the National Civic League has celebrated those communities that address their most pressing needs
in a collaborative and inclusive way with the All-America City Awards for nearly seventy years; and
WHEREAS, George Gallup, former Chairman of the National Civic League, characterized the All-America City
Award as the “Nobel Prize for Constructive Citizenship” contributing to the award becoming the nation's oldest
community recognition effort; and
WHEREAS, the 2019 All-America City theme is “Creating Healthy Communities Through Inclusive Civic
Engagement”; and
WHEREAS, Pasco was selected as one of 20 award finalist communities in the nation that have been recognized
for their inclusive engagement processes, projects, and community vision; and
WHEREAS, Pasco’s All-America City application presented three projects with a clear community-wide
commitment to inclusiveness, equity, impact, innovation, civic engagement and cross-sector collaboration; and
WHEREAS, Pasco for its three projects, chose “Hot Spotters”, “Pasco School District-Columbia Basin College
Food Student Support”, and “Let’s Prevent Diabetes/Prevengamos las Diabetes” to highlight the community’s civic
engagement via health; and
WHEREAS, a group of community members will travel to Denver, Colorado June 21-23 to help showcase Pasco
and present the three community projects as part of its All-America City Award application in hope of being named
one of ten All-America Cities for 2019; and
WHEREAS, the Pasco All-America City Team illustrates how a prestigious goal can be achieved when
community members of different backgrounds come together for a common purpose; and
WHEREAS, the selection of Pasco as an All-America City Award Finalist two years in a row has highlighted
the many items of positive change for the Pasco community in recent years and has established the community as a
leader in civic engagement.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Matt Watkins, Mayor of the City of Pasco, Washington, do hereby proclaim June 21-
23, 2019 as “All-America City Award Days” in the City of Pasco and encourage all community members to root for
the Pasco Team and, regardless of the outcome of the All-America City Awards, always be #PascoProud.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Official Seal of the City of Pasco, State
of Washington, to be affixed this 17th day of June 2019.
Matt Watkins, Mayor
City of Pasco