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Awards and Recognitions for the City of Dubuque Copyrighted December 18, 2017 City of Dubuque Consent Items # 4. ITEM TITLE: Awards and Recognitions for the City of Dubuque SUMMARY: City Manager transmitting the public information brochure listing awards and recognitions for the City of Dubuque. SUGGESTED DISPOSITION: Suggested Disposition: Receive and File ATTACHMENTS: Description Type Awards& Recognition Supporting Documentation 1 a r .`�: k s , 1 � � _i �� r ; �� i � � �� r � � � � � � �� 4 �� ' � � ��,�� .f �{' �- a +��f° � ,,, �� , � �.�, �.� ^ fr � � ��' r '-: . .,A'_r� ..`s' .i .� ` . d � �^�,�,fia -._ � . �� .'4 — 1_.. �~ _ '�`�r �i,�� - d � � f-0u'� _ � q' �+ � ✓!'�,rY,�l . . . _ �.+.. _ . .r �,,, _.:S-..�Y�,. � �. ......, ., i �. •.,, ��U" F =� - ` � �_ a- .`__; W. �. . �, ��zbf5€�� S_i�-`', `�`Y,auw_, �3= g�y�i�', ��•,y�tr, .,' n i(�tt�i;',�..� ' __ �� a� t. �+ � r �ufiTiFY��i ' '�Gi IWE�?'� � c � � Y t�t'�� +�n '� T��_�I�,-�� _ � _ � . .E�• . �� -. ,,. .;:� �sjwi �� ,�:z —� � ��_�� . , ��`i� �� __ � � c:�: ` -soa � ,� � �i ��. 6 � �' 1 ' �_-� . - ' ' 1 �a,,y,y,� .b<, � q�? `4�� . �nvi3' _u�'3S3�ia;�. � . aLia:.��o-:�i .. . � . —_-- �.i� � . � . - .� � � � • - � �' , „ ' �� .. .:r� -��.,. ,�� , t- � � �• , � .� �_ . � r • �_�� . � . - �. . �' - . - �'�"�"� - . I � � i -�: _-� r �-�.�---,; � �, � .' � � �� '`"�� ; �� , , � � � . .�� . � Dubuque All-America City: This annual program recognizes communities whose � citizens work together to identify and tackle community-wide challenges AIFMl1lCiil� and achieve uncommon results. — National Civic League wav�w.avc� 1 I I I I � 2017: Dubuque Campaign for Grade-Level Reading 2013: Veteran-0riented Programs, Workforce-Development Efforts, and the e Historic Millwork District Revitalization 2012: Plan to Improve Third-Grade Reading 2007•2012 2007: America's River Project, Downtown Master Plan, and Crescent 2013•2017 Community Health Center �5 CONp�, �P�C , �,� U.S. Conference of Mayors Livability Awards Program: q � • it+ 2017: Outstanding Achievement Award, Bee Branch Watershed ,W , . . O Flood Mitigation Project. � 7 . . �� 2008: Most Livable Small City, America's River Project `��`it * s�° �� aNnnoNni � Dubuque Mayor Roy D. Buol received the 2016 Leadership Award for - :��oMic nevei.orMeNr Public Service and Northeast lowa Community College President Dr. �v J "'�� Liang Chee Wee received the 2016 Institutional Leadership Award 7h� Yo�rrrohKnotvledgeandLeadership from the International Economic Development Council (IEDC). �I O�1 � Alot Travel ranked Dubuque #12 on its list of the "30 Best Small ` Cities in the United States" for 2017. Dubuque was the only Travel Midwestern city in the top 20 and one of just two lowa cities to make the list. � 14th in the nation among "Best Small Places for Business and Careers." — Forbes Forbes 50th of 179 small cities for the Cost of Doing Business — Forbes 7th in the nation among `Best Small Places" — Forbes `Best Small City to Raise a Family" — Forbes �,r�+w'xF��r,,,. The Bee Branch Creek Restoration Project was recognized in late � �fi� 2017 by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for � �=' excellence and innovation in clean water infrastructure through G :; PISCES � the Performance and Innovation in SRF Creating Environmental j � Success (PISCES) program. The creek restoration was one of just % � 28 projects by state or local governments, public utilities, and `'<�� private entities that were recognized. � _...:=_o ,a,.,.,. ��._. AREADEVELOPMEM �.. #7 among the Top 30 Small Cities (population under 160,000) � ��y� — AreaDevelopmentmagazine � 1�',a„s Dubuque was named one of the "Top 100 Leading Locations," � l,�zms ,�, spEPoar..,.. ranking 21st in the U.S. — Area Development magazine ,, � ;-� One of the 10 Best American Cities to Work in Technology: Ranking based on pay for tech workers, percentage of tech workers smartassetM in the workforce (representing high levels of opportunity in the field), and low cost of living indices. Tech workers in Dubuque made 1.86 times more than the city average, the highest ratio on this top 10 list — SmartAsset.com N�� NATIONAL The National League of Cities (NLC) selected Dubuque for its first LEAGUE place award in the 2016 NLC City Cultural Diversity Awards for the OF CITIES City's support of Inclusive Dubuque and its efforts to develop a CITIES STRONG TOGETHER community equity profile. � ` , Dubuque was awarded a 4-STAR Community Rating in 2015 for national sustainability excellence. Dubuque was just the third lowa � �1`/ community and the 25th in the nation to achieve certification under the / STAR Community Rating System, a national framework for measuring � � and advancing local governmenYs environmental, economic, and community efforts to achieve sustainability. � � The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) named Dubuque � , � a recipient of its 2013 National Award for Smart Growth Achievement. Competing in the "Corridor or Neighborhood Revitalization" category, �mart �rrOWth Dubuque was selected for revitalization efforts in the Historic Millwork District and Washington Neighborhood. CLIMATE ACTION The White House named Dubuque one of 16 Climate Action Champions for 2014, a diverse group of communities defining the CHAM PI O N S frontier of ambitious climate action whose approaches can serve as a "" "�"'""`<""�""'""'�""""" ""'""�'"" model for other communities. � - Third Most Beautiful Place in America - Upper Mississippi River —" � — USA Weekend �y�-`.»1�i-i4ti lLir L�tlllllLU� '`��x�, � KiI i n er One of the "10 Great Places to Live." The rankings place an emphasis p g on small and mid-size cities, considering metro areas, with a population of 1 million or less, that have good jobs, reasonably priced I homes, decent schools, and access to great health care — Kiplinger SMART One of 2015's "Smart 21 Communities." One of just 5 U.S. 2�INTELLIGENT communities on the list — Intelligent Community Forum COMMUNITY �� FORUM r #12 out of 50 Most F�cciting Small Cities in America — Movoto MOVOTO Named 2nd Most Relaxed Small City in America — Movoto #14 on "America's Best Small Cities To Move Td' — Movoto Dubuque ranks #5 for Resiliency. Ranked 5th out of 361 communities �'' BUILDING RESILIENT REGIONS nationwide in a study of resiliency capacity that evaluates a community's economic capacity to bounce back from adversity, strength of demographics, and community connectivity. � � /�� lOth Most-Secure Small City in the U.S. — Farmers Insurance . FARMERS INSURANCE Dubuque is among the top 8% of the nation's metropolitan areas for � THEEQunurvoFOrvoeTUNirvPemecT � "upward mobility," defined as the ability of children born in the lowest- iye��^^�^�ro^^��a^„�F^��E�sa income category to reach the highest-income category by age 30 —The Equality of Opportunity Project �,,,,,�9<°�^��,,,,, 100 Best Communities for Young People (2007, 2008, 2010, ---�BE�� 2011, 2012) National competition recognizingthe 100 COMMUNITIES outstanding communities across America - large and small, rural h-;T•Y��=��< and urban - that are the best places for young people to live and �Ncs�; grow up — America's Promise Alliance 10 Smartest Cities on the Planet: 1) Songdo, South Korea; 2) Lavasa, India; 3) PIanIT Valley, Portugal; 4) Skolkovo, Russia; 5) Masdar, FASTCMPANY United Arab Emirates; 6) Wuxi, China; 7) King Abdullah Economic City, Saudi Arabia; 8) Dubuque, lowa; 9) Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; 10) Nano City, India — FastCompany magazine � �e y �' "Top 100 Places to Live" - Communities with visionary leaders, improving or thriving economies including housing, and realization of + ToP 1Q0 � "green"initiatives — RelocateAmerica Places To Lrve. �1��..Vm Third Place, Gold Community, (20,000 - 75,000 population category) 2010 — International Awards for Livable Communities (LivCom) For more information: '�eC�"°P Visit www.cityofdubuque.org/awards or call 563.589.4110 DUB E rvrasrerpie�e on.rhe Mtsstsstyp;