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Blue Mile brings Boro $1 million
Statesboro nets America's Best Communities prize for revitalization project
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An assembled crowd erupts in cheers and applause at Gnat's Landing as Statesboro is announced as the winner of $1 million in the America's Best Communities competition. - photo by EDDIE LEDBETTER/staff
It’s not the top award, but it is one of the big three. The cheers of the crowd at Gnat’s Landing watching the America’s Best Communities grand prize ceremony live on screen drowned out the audio from Denver when Vince Gill announced that Statesboro has won $ 1 million for the Blue Mile revitalization of South Main Street. The $2 million second prize went to Lake Havasu City, Arizona.
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