The city of Long Beach is one of eight cities that have been selected to receive the Award for Municipal Excellence at the National League of Cities' 2009 Congress of Cities & Exposition in San Antonio, Texas. Long Beach is being honored in the 150,001 to 500,000 population category for its Creating a Youth-Driven Career Center program.
The Creating a Youth-Driven Career Center program is a reinvention of the Long Beach Workforce Development Agency's youth service strategies, which focuses on providing opportunities to engage youths in the design and creation of physical spaces, outreach messages, materials, products, policy-making and critical community connections.
As a Gold winner, Long Beach will receive an award of $2,000, which will be donated to the community non-profit organization of its choice.
Paul Eakins reports on Long Beach City Hall, and local and regional
politics. A newcomer to the Press-
Kris Hanson reports on the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles,
covering environmental issues, economic triumphs and
pitfalls and trade trends of America’s largest port.
He also writes a weekly column “On The Waterfront”,
appearing Tuesdays, and also produces an occassional video
and column titled “On The Job,” which follows the hard-working
men and women who keep Southern California’s economy humming.
Karen Robes Meeks came to work for the Press-
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