City Hopes Award Will Boost Image
Inglewood officials are hoping the “All-America City Award” that the city won recently along with nine other municipalities nationwide will go a long way toward polishing the city’s image.
City officials say they will use the honor to publicize Inglewood as a middle-class, multi-ethnic city where residents and officials have joined to reduce crime and beat back drug dealers.
The city will advertise the award by adding the “All-America” designation to everything from official city stationery to street signs and the prominent “Welcome to Inglewood” sign that greets visitors at the city’s Manchester Boulevard entrance.
“You’ll definitely know you’re in an All-America city,” said Mayor Edward Vincent. “We’re going to have it on our driveways, our storefronts--we’re going to have it everywhere that we’re an All-America city.”
Inglewood was the only city in California to receive the honor, given annually by the National Civic League, after a two-day competition with 109 other applicants in Chicago.
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