Baltimore, Little Rock, West Sacramento Receive Top Honors For Innovative Neighborhood Stabilization Programs

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SAN FRANCISCO — Mayors Stephanie Rawlings-Blake of Baltimore, Md., Mark Stodola of Little Rock, Ark., and Christopher Cabaldon of West Sacramento, Calif., have been recognized with top honors in the 2015 CommunityWINS &ndash Working/Investing in Neighborhood Stabilization – Grant Program, administered by The U.S. Conference of Mayors and funded by the Wells Fargo Foundation.

Presented at Conference's 83rd Annual Meeting in San Francisco, the awards include monetary grants to city-based non-profit organizations and recognize mayors for exemplary leadership in developing local programs that promote long-term economic prosperity and improve the quality of life for residents in three categories: neighborhood stabilization, economic development, and job creation.

An independent panel of judges, selected by The U.S. Conference of Mayors, determined the winning cities from a pool of 162 applicants in three populations groups – small, medium and large.

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