Participating Communities
Here’s a list of cities, counties, and towns that have submitted community solutions actions plans to join the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading Network and, in most cases, to apply for the 2012 All-America City Grade-Level Reading Award. The network will provide technical assistance as these communities prepare and implement their plans. If you’re looking for the lead contact in a community, click here.
If you’re working in a participating community and would like to join our private online NING site with resources and more information about the Campaign, email pjordan@gradelevelreading.net with your name and the name of your community. If you’ve already signed up, log in at http://aacreading.ning.com/
ALABAMA
Montgomery
Tuscaloosa w/Bibb, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Lamar, Pickens, Sumter, Tuscaloosa counties
ARIZONA
Arizona (whole state)
Sahuarita and Green Valley
CALIFORNIA
Bakersfield (Kern County)
Berkeley
Buena Park
Capitola
Chula Vista
Fresno
Los Angeles
Long Beach
Oakland
Richmond
Sacramento
Salinas
San Francisco
San Jose
Stockton
Truckee/Tahoe
COLORADO
Denver
Longmont
CONNECTICUT
Branford
Bridgeport
Bristol
Chaplin
Danbury
Hartford
Meriden
New Britain
Norwalk
Plymouth and Terryville
Torrington
Vernon
Winsted (Winchester County)
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington
FLORIDA
Delray Beach
Gainesville and Alachua County
Jacksonville
Miami-Dade County
Orlando
Palm Beach County
Tampa, FL (Hillsborough County)
Tallahassee
Vero Beach
GEORGIA
Atlanta
Brunswick
Savannah
ILLINOIS
Chicago
INDIANA
Fort Wayne
Indianapolis
Lafayette and West Lafayette
Muncie
Richmond
IOWA
Ames
Council Bluffs
Des Moines
Dubuque
Marshalltown
Quad cities (Davenport)
KANSAS
El Dorado
Shawnee County, (Topeka)
KENTUCKY
Louisville
LOUISIANA
New Orleans
MARYLAND
Baltimore
MASSACHUSETTS
Boston
Holyoke
Pittsfield
Springfield
Worcester
MICHIGAN
Ann Arbor
Detroit
Kent County (Grand Rapids)
MISSISSIPPI
Gulfport
MISSOURI
Kansas City
NEVADA
Las Vegas
Reno (Northern Nevada and the Sierra)
NEW JERSEY
Camden
Carteret
Newark
Paterson
NEW MEXICO
Mesilla (Dona Ana County
NEW YORK
Buffalo
Morrisville (Madison County)
New York (Morrisania section of the South Bronx)
Rochester
Syracuse
NORTH CAROLINA
Cary (Wake County)
Charlotte
Southern Pines
OHIO
Cincinnati w/northern Kentucky
Dayton and Montgomery County
OKLAHOMA
Enid
Oklahoma City
OREGON
Enterprise (Wallowa County)
Eugene
Portland (Multnomah County)
PENNSYLVANIA
Greater Lehigh Valley
Pittsburgh
Reading
PUERTO RICO
San Juan
RHODE ISLAND
Providence
SOUTH CAROLINA
Midlands Region (Columbia)
TEXAS
Arlington and Mansfield
Austin
Bay City
Brownsville
Houston
Laredo
San Antonio
Wharton (Columbia, Matagorda, Wharton counties)
UTAH
Salt Lake City
South Salt Lake City, Clearfield and Kearns Park City
VIRGINIA
Alexandria
Petersburg
Richmond
Roanoke
Virginia Beach
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS
St. Thomas
WASHINGTON
Anacortes
Bellevue
Seattle and South King County cities of Auburn, Burien, Federal Way, Kent, Renton, and Tukwila
WISCONSIN
Eau Claire
Milwaukee
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