SYMBOL OF ACHIEVEMENT

Community Achievement Award

“Community Achievement” is the theme for an award offered by Texas Midwest Community Network. Member cities in the regional organization are eligible to apply for the award. Recipients are announced at the annual Texas Midwest Conference in October.

The Community Achievement Award was developed to encourage cities of all sizes in the region to be better prepared for future growth and economic development programs. Criteria used for judging include vision, pride, assessment, youth involvement and connectivity.

For information contact the TMCN Office at 325-676-0329 or tmcn@tmcn.org.

Attached files are available online

Award Program Overview

Award Application

TMCN Home site

Award Criteria

Vision - A community-based planning process conducted within the previous three years of the application. The planning process identified goals, activities and programs the community plans to complete or conduct for the purpose of addressing concerns for local economic and quality of life issues. Goals, activities and programs are prioritized and assigned to specific community organizations for action or implementation.

Pride - Beautification and/or clean up is addressed through a local organization or city ordinance. A plan of action for beautification is being carried out; OR, city ordinances for clean up have been established and are being enforced.

Youth Involvement - School age citizens are serving on city-sponsored committees, chamber of commerce committees, working as volunteers with civic groups, or are involved in community activities through the guidance of school personnel. A minimum of 6 students are involved in any or all of these adult groups.

Connectivity - The community has a web site updated within the calendar year of the award presentation. The site is linked to sites of other organizations and businesses in the community. The site is linked to the Texas Midwest site and other significant regional and state sites.

Assessment - The community is visited by 2 or 3 representatives from neighboring cities. (arranged through the TMCN office) The team conducts a “windshield tour” for visual assessment and interviews with local citizens and business employees for community attitude and perception assessment. A report completed by team members and submitted to the TMCN Office is delivered to the award applicant.