{"id":222,"date":"2011-12-02T14:37:23","date_gmt":"2011-12-02T19:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=222"},"modified":"2011-12-02T14:37:23","modified_gmt":"2011-12-02T19:37:23","slug":"coatesville-awarded-100-best-communities-for-youth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=222","title":{"rendered":"Coatesville Awarded 100 Best Communities for Youth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;\"><em><strong>City recognized as one of the 100 best communities for kids to live by America\u2019s Promise Alliance<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong>By Stephanie Weaver<\/strong>, <span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><em>Correspondent, CoatesvilleTimes.com<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/100-Best-Logo-4-C_250.ashx_.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-229\" style=\"margin: 4px;\" title=\"100-Best-Logo-4-C_250.ashx\" src=\"http:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/100-Best-Logo-4-C_250.ashx_.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"190\" \/><\/a>COATESVILLE \u2014The city of Coatesville has been recognized as one of the 100 Best Communities for Young People by America\u2019s Promise Alliance.<\/p>\n<p>The organization, founded by General Colin Powell in 1997, honors 100 communities each year that are working to improve the quality of life for their youth despite numerous hurdles.<\/p>\n<p>John Hall, a member of the Coatesville Youth Initiative, submitted a proposal to the America\u2019s Promise Alliance after he noticed all the effort the community was doing to help support children and teens. He was one of more than 300 applicants.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought the people within the community deserved a little recognition for helping Coatesville\u2019s youth,\u201d said Hall.<\/p>\n<p>Along with the recognition, Coatesville was awarded a $2,500 grant for a local event to celebrate the city\u2019s youth. America\u2019s Promise Alliance will also give the city road signs, a commemorative trophy, and access to an online grant search service for one year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are using the grant money to put on a proposed performing arts workshop,\u201d stated Hall. \u201cIt will be a lead in to the Battle of the Bands held at the Strawberry Festival to help students compete.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a statement released by the Coatesville Community Education Foundation, Richard Como, Coatesville Area School District Superintendent, said, \u201cWe are proud to be a partner in the America\u2019s Promise <em>100 Best Communities for Young People <\/em>award recognizing the school district\u2019s commitment to ensuring that all students &#8211; regardless of background or income levels &#8211; have opportunities to learn, achieve, and become active members of the community in which they live.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt helps the community to see how good people feel about this award because they know how much people do to help young people,\u201d said Hall. \u201cCoatesville usually gets negative attention and this is one time we got the positive attention that we\u2019ve deserved all along.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>City recognized as one of the 100 best communities for kids to live by America\u2019s Promise Alliance By Stephanie Weaver, Correspondent, CoatesvilleTimes.com COATESVILLE \u2014The city of Coatesville has been recognized as one of the 100 Best Communities for Young People by America\u2019s Promise Alliance. 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