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CARINGFORLOCALFAMILIES”
Four New York communities
– including three in the greater
Rochester and surrounding area
-- are celebrating theirfirst round
of success in theAmerica’s Best
Communities competition, a $10
million initiative to stimulate
economic revitalization in small
townsandcities.Webster,LeRoy
andLivingstonCounty,plusNor-
wich inCentralN.Y., aremoving
ahead in the competition. Each
will receive $50,000 to develop
comprehensive strategies to ac-
celerate the revival of their local
economiesand improve thequal-
ityof life in their communities.
Frontier Communications,
DISH Network, CoBank and
The Weather Channel — the
competition’s sponsors— today
announced thatWebster, LeRoy,
Livingston County and Norwich
have advanced into the quarterfi-
nals of this innovative competi-
tion.Theyareamong the50quar-
terfinalist communities that now
havesixmonths tocomplete their
revitalization plans and compete
for up to an additional $3million
to bring their ideas to life.
In themonths ahead, the com-
munitieswillpartnerwithamajor
corporation that will provide
guidance and support throughout
thenext stageof thecompetition.
TheAmerica’sBestCommunities
Adopt-a-CommunityProgramhas
brought together50distinguished
companies from across the U.S.
to support the quarterfinalist
communities. Each corporation
will be pairedwith a community
to serve as their strategicmentor,
whilealsocontributing$15,000of
the$50,000 inprizemoney.These
corporatepartnerswill forge rela-
tionships with local leaders and
focus their efforts on successful
implementationof the innovative
business plans.
“It gives me great pleasure to
announceLivingstonCountyand
LeRoy as two community areas
that have pulled together their
talent andfirst-class ideasandare
nowmoving forward in the com-
petition,” said Bob Smith, Area
General Manager of Frontier’s
RochesterWestoperations. “Ican
speak from personal experience
as to thecaliberof the leadership,
the resilience and strength of the
communities, and the overall
commitment they have toward
enhancing, growing, and setting
the bar high.”
Julie Marshall, Livingston
CountyDirectorofEconomicDe-
velopmentstated,“Wearepleased
to be selected in the America’s
Best Communities competition.
The community revitalization
plan that we will develop with
thefinancial support fromAmer-
ica’s Best Communities will be
designed to generate sustained
economic momentum that will
further strengthen Livingston
County formany years.”
Shelley Stein, County Legis-
lator for LeRoy, said: “The com-
munityof LeRoy andBergen are
soexcited to learn thatweareone
ofAmerica’sBestCommunities!
Our application was a shared
effort of the Town Supervisor
Steve Barbeau and Director of
the Jell-OMuseum and the Le-
Roy Historical Society Lynne
Belluscio. All of us are eager to
share our story of agrarian roots
and our ability to create local/
regional commerce steeped in
strongentrepreneurial tradition in
thecommunity.We look forward
tomeetingwithourstrategicmen-
tor and continuing this exciting
opportunity for LeRoy to attract
more attention to our incredible
work ethic, ability to collaborate
and strong leadership capacity.
Wesincerely thankFrontier,Dish
Network, CoBANK and The
Weather Channel for assisting
rural communities reach our full
potential.”
Sharing comments on LeRoy
making it to the quarterfinals,
Ms. Belluscio stated: “This is
great news! LeRoy is extremely
proud to be included in this na-
tional search forAmerica’sBest
Community.Rural communities
are great places to live and raise
families.This iswhereneighbors
help neighbors, and the true
American spirit is fostered. It is
where American entrepreneurs
can thrivewith proper planning
and economic development. It
takesa teamofdedicatedpeople
tomake it happen - - andLeRoy
has that team - - nowwe hope
that this kind of economic in-
vestment and technical support
will propel this community into
the next generation.”
As the newly appointed Area
General Manager of Frontier’s
Rochester East operations, Bill
Carpenter said, “I am very ex-
cited to have a town in my area
of responsibility move forward
in the competition. Webster has
demonstrated that ithas the inspi-
ration and dedication to generate
ideas that will reinvigorate the
community. It’s this typeof local
engagement that attracted me to
Frontier, and I am very proud to
work with Webster as the com-
munity moves to the next round
of competition.”
SpeakingonbehalfofWebster,
Matt Chatfield, ExecutiveDirec-
tor of the Webster Community
Coalition for Economic Devel-
opment, noted: “The Webster
community is grateful to receive
this national recognition for the
long-standing efforts of its polit-
ical, civicandbusiness leadership
tomakeWebster a communityof
choice inUpstateNewYork.We
arealsoexcitedabout theprospect
of working with our corporate
partner to develop a unique, sus-
tainable and achievable business
growth plan that will propel our
community forward for the fore-
seeable future.”
After launching in September
2014, the
America’s Best Com-
munities
competition success-
fully attracted entries from 138
applicant teams, representing347
communities across the country.
All 138 applications were re-
viewedbyapanelof independent
expert judgeswhoselected the50
winningcommunitiesbasedupon
anobjective set of criteria.
America’s Best Communi-
ties
is a multi-stage, three-year
competition that will provide $4
million in seedmoney and other
support to assist communities
as they develop new economic
growth strategies. The top three
communities — those with the
most innovative proposals being
effectively implemented—will
sharea totalof$6million inprize
money. Thewinning community
will be awarded $3million, with
$2 million for second place and
$1million for third.
“As the largest telecommu-
nications company focused on
rural America, we recognize the
economic impact that strategic
investments often have on the
revitalization of small towns and
rural cities,” Frontier Communi-
cationsExecutiveChairmanMag-
gieWilderotter said. “America’s
Best Communities has already
inspirednewcollaborationamong
local leaders across New York,
and it’s just getting started. The
innovative ideas the competition
is investing in have the potential
to become roadmaps to growth
for communities across theU.S.”
To see the complete list of all
winningcommunities,visit
LeRoyAmongFourNewYorkCommunitiesAdvance In
$10MillionAmerica’sBestCommunitiesCompetition
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