The 100 Best Communities for Young People is an annual competition which recognizes outstanding community-wide efforts that improve the well-being of youth. The competition also inspires other localities to take action to ensure they’re meeting the challenges facing their young people. The 100 Best competition asks communities across the country to assess their challenges and work effectively together for young people, and share best practices. The competition allows the America’s Promise Alliance to: Recognize community-based efforts to deliver the Five Promises, Build awareness of the essential resources children need, Demonstrate the critical importance of partnership collaboration, Motivate local leaders to work together for measurable change, Encourage turning community pride into actionable results, Challenge all communities to become great places to grow up and provide ways for communities to share successful strategies through regional forums. The communities selected as 100 Best winners range from large urban cities to small rural towns. Winning communities are chosen because they found innovative ways to solve problems that will improve the lives of children and young people through the power of the Five Promises. The 100 Best winners also demonstrate a willingness to work together within their communities to make a difference. Five Virginia localities, Newport News, Hampton, Chesterfield, Hanover County, and Bristol made the list. Chesterfield, Hampton and Newport News have been selected for the designation three years in a row.
Learn more at: www.americaspromise.org/APAPage.aspx?id=5922
