U.S. Conference of Mayors, Wells Fargo Announce 2015 CommunityWINS Grants
June 21 2015 - 4:05PM
Business Wire
Top honors go to mayors and nonprofits for
innovative neighborhood stabilization programs
The U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) and Wells Fargo &
Company today announced Mayors Stephanie Rawlings-Blake of
Baltimore, Mark Stodola of Little Rock, Ark., and Christopher
Cabaldon of West Sacramento, Calif., have been recognized on behalf
of nonprofits in their cities with top honors in the Conference’s
2015 CommunityWINS℠ grant program funded by the Wells Fargo
Foundation.
Presented at the Conference’s 83rd annual meeting in San
Francisco, the awards recognized nonprofits and cities for
exemplary leadership in promoting neighborhood stabilization,
economic development, and job creation efforts. Judges selected
recipients of the Wells Fargo-funded grants from 162 applicants
from small, medium and large cities.
Tom Cochran, CEO and executive director of the U.S. Conference
of Mayors, said, “Our 2015 CommunityWINS grant program gives the
Conference an opportunity to showcase positive change happening now
in our cities that makes a positive difference in people’s lives.
We are grateful to Wells Fargo and the Wells Fargo Foundation for
their support of the CommunityWINS grant program, which also
highlights the talent and commitment of mayors and city
governments.”
Top honors included:
- Baltimore Mayor Stephanie
Rawlings-Blake was honored and $300,000 was awarded to Civic
Works, Inc. for its work with Growing Green Tracks Team, which has
addressed blight along Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor to improve the
city’s image as seen by millions of train passengers.
- Little Rock, Ark., Mayor Mark
Stodola was honored and $150,000 was awarded to Arkansas
Lighthouse for the Blind for its Employment for Individuals Who Are
Blind – Inclement Weather Outer Layer (IWOL) project, which offers
employment for individuals who are blind or visually impaired, and
provides funding for training and machinery accommodations for the
nonprofit’s clients.
- West Sacramento, Calif., Mayor
Christopher Cabaldon was honored and $150,000 was awarded to
West Sacramento Foundation for its FutureReady program, which
connects students studying engineering, science and technology to
internship and job training opportunities.
Additional Outstanding Achievement awards were presented to:
Newark, N.J., Mayor Ras Baraka with $75,000 awarded to
Newark Community Economic Development Corporation; Green Bay,
Wisc., Mayor Jim Schmitt with $50,000 awarded to NeighborWorks
Green Bay; and Lima, Ohio, Mayor David Berger with $50,000
awarded to Lima-Allen County Neighborhoods in Partnership.
The grants were presented by Martin Sundquist, executive
director, Wells Fargo Housing Foundation. Wells Fargo’s support
makes the CommunityWINS℠ grant program possible.
”Wells Fargo is delighted to collaborate with the U.S.
Conference of Mayors to make these grants available for nonprofits
and enable them to make vital improvements in their cities,” said
Sundquist. “Wells Fargo cares about the communities we serve and
we’re inspired by the tremendous interest in the inaugural
CommunityWINS grant program that will add up to make a big
difference in helping revitalize neighborhoods.”
About USCM
The U.S. Conference of Mayors is the official nonpartisan
organization of cities with populations of 30,000 or more. There
are nearly 1,400 such cities in the country today, and each city is
represented in the Conference by its chief elected official, the
mayor. Like us on Facebook at facebook.com/usmayors, or follow us
on Twitter at twitter.com/usmayors.
About Wells Fargo (Twitter @WellsFargo)
Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) is a nationwide,
diversified, community-based financial services company with $1.7
trillion in assets. Founded in 1852 and headquartered in San
Francisco, Wells Fargo provides banking, insurance, investments,
mortgage, and consumer and commercial finance through more than
8,700 locations, 12,500 ATMs, and the internet (wellsfargo.com) and
mobile banking, and has offices in 36 countries to support
customers who conduct business in the global economy. With
approximately 266,000 team members, Wells Fargo serves one in three
households in the United States. Wells Fargo & Company was
ranked No. 30 on Fortune’s 2015 rankings of America’s largest
corporations. Wells Fargo’s vision is to satisfy all our customers’
financial needs and help them succeed financially. Wells Fargo
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