The team supporting Statesboro’s selection in the America’s Best Communities contest submitted a progress report last week on how it plans to move from quarterfinalist to semi-finalist status in the next round. Organized by Frontier Communications, The Weather Channel, DISH and CoBank, the competition is intended to spark ideas leading to economic vitality and sustainable growth in the small towns and rural communities served by the sponsor corporations. Communities with populations ranging from 9,500 to 80,000 were invited to participate, and in April Statesboro was announced as one of 50 quarterfinalists.