Somerville Named "All America City"

[somerville311.livejournal.com]

SOMERVILLE NAMED ‘ALL AMERICA CITY’

Team of Business Owners, City Officials, Residents, and Local Organizations Travel to Florida to Bring Home 2009 All America City Title after Fierce Competition in Tampa

Comments

[jlauspitz.livejournal.com]

why not just be gracious and say "congratuations" on a designation that will give the City a cushion of good will in some very difficult years ahead

(the 1972 award helped Mayor Ralph get the Red Line, and gave Somerville the benefit of the doubt in the financial rescue of the early Brune years)

[fefie.livejournal.com]

I am totally proud of Somerville winning the award!

Regarding Mayors Ralph and Brune, I learned a lot from reading the amazing article in the Somerville Journal a week or so ago about what Somerville was like in the early 70's when it won the All-America award back then:

http://www.wickedlocal.com/somerville/homepage/x986609752/All-American-City-How-women-Joe-six-pack-teachers-clergy-and-an-editor-changed-Somerville-government