[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 7]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 9126]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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                    WORCESTER--AN ALL-AMERICAN CITY

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                         HON. JAMES P. McGOVERN

                            of massachusetts

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 22, 2001

  Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, it gives me great pleasure to inform my 
colleagues that the City of Worcester, Massachusetts has won the 
National Civic League's All America City Award five times in the 
history of the fifty-one year program: 1949, 1960, 1965, 1981, and 
2000. Worcester is a city that the National Civic League credits with 
being able to solve community problems.
  On Thursday, May 24th the city will host an All-America City 
Celebration in Worcester City Hall when city officials and community 
partners will unveil five permanently-mounted plaques to commemorate 
this achievement.
  The Worcester City Council, Worcester School Committee, 
Superintendent Dr. James Caradonio, the Central Massachusetts 
Legislative Delegation, All America City Delegates, municipal 
department heads, and community partners will be invited to participate 
in this event. Reverend Richard Wright and Mrs. Shirley Wright, 
Community Co-Chairs for the City's successful bid for the Award one 
year ago, will serve as moderators for the occasion. The event will 
include a brief speaking program, refreshments, and music by the 
Worcester Firefighters Pipe and Drum Brigade. It should be quite a 
party.
  As Tom Hoover, Worcester's City Manager, noted: ``I am very proud of 
our collective work to improve the lives of others and ultimately this 
community; it is the right thing to do!''
  Mr. Speaker, I know all of my colleagues join me in congratulating 
the people of Worcester for this remarkable achievement.

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