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Eau Claire Awards
Eau Claire was announced as one of the 2007 100 Best Communities for
Young People by the
America’s Promise Alliance
in partnership with Capital One. More than 750 communities from
across the country entered the 2007 competition. The
100 Best Communities for Young People selects communities
that show efforts to fulfill the Five Promises that young people
need to succeed – caring adults; safe places; a healthy start; an
effective education; and opportunities to help others. Other
selection criteria include community support for youth and
graduation rates. Eau Claire was chosen in part due to two
outstanding programs that help to ensure young people graduate from
high school. New Beginnings is a program offered through the
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire where teachers and students
volunteer their time to work with young people on a one-to-one
basis, and Fresh Start through Western Dairyland, which provides
youth the opportunity to work to build houses while also completing
classes that lead them to receive a high school equivalency diploma.
The City of Eau Claire is proud to
announce that the City recently was designated as a
"Preserve
America" community by the Advisory Council on
Historic Preservation and the National Park
Service. Only a few select cities have received
this designation, having demonstrated significant
efforts and commitment towards historic preservation
in their communities and promoting heritage tourism. The Wisconsin Historical Society
presented the "Preserve America" designation to
City Council President, Dave Adler on June 7th 2007 in a
ceremony at the Donald "Sarge" Boyd Bandshell prior
to the Municipal Band Concert.
The City of Eau Claire received recognition as the
15th Best Green Place by Country Home Magazine in 2007. The big list of the top 25
best places to live took into account all sorts of criteria-from air and
watershed quality, miles of mass transit, and green power to farmers markets,
organic producers and groceries, and more.