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Membership Benefits
Overview | Grant and Award Opportunities | Key Programs
Overview
- Legislative Advocacy: Representation of municipal interest before Congress and the White House.
- Best Practices Clearinghouse: Online database of nearly 2,000 best practices from local
governments across the nation.
- Conferences: Reduced
registration fee for Annual and Winter meetings.
- Live Webcasts: USCM Member mayors have the opportunity to engage with and have their questions answered by Tom Cochran, conference staff, and officials from Federal department, focusing on various topics such as the COPS program and the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG). These webcasts are archived and available anytime after the webcast is over.
- Photo Archive: The U.S. Conference of Mayors uses the popular online photo sharing web site Flickr to share its professional photos to allow ease of access for mayors. Photos of mayors and other officials, including Congressional and White House Cabinet members at USCM events and programs are available for viewing and download for public relation use to member mayors. Check it out at flickr.com/usmayors.
- Opportunities to Serve on USCM Committees and
Task Forces to Shape National Policy: The work of the Conference is guided by several Standing Committees.Every full member mayor has the opportunity to participate directly in the debate and selection of the Conference of Mayors' policy.
- City ARRA (American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act) Czar Discussion Center: This Discussion Center is designed to be used by officials or staff members having overall responsibility for the coordination and/or implementation of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in their cities. City ARRA "czars" may use this Center to post questions regarding implementation that may be answered by their counterparts in other cities or Conference of Mayors staff members.
- Metro Economies Economic Tracking: The U.S. Conference of Mayors Metro Economics Center publishes annually a series of economic reports on the nation's 362 metro areas. These reports calculate and forecast each metro area's gross metropolitan product (GMP), labor income, and job generation that can be used in economic development strategies. The Center also produces special metro economy reports on such topical issues as transportation reform and green jobs. The reports are prepared by IHS Global Insight and results are a benefit of USCM membership.
- Legislative Action Alerts: Members receive correspondence through rapid response email system, notifying and requesting Mayors to engage directly with Congressional delegation on important legislative issues.
- Networking Opportunities with Other Mayors and
Business Leaders
- Local, National, and International Media
Publicity: Broad exposure via USCM press outreach through releases, statements and coordinated interviews with print, television, internet, and radio outlets.
- U.S. MAYOR Newspaper: The official bi-monthly publication of the Conference of Mayors. It provides a vehicle for reporting on the issues that affect our cities, and a forum for mayors to speak out on current issues and get information as help in their role as the chief elected official of the city.U.S. Mayor covers national trends, federal legislation and regulations, and any city priorities of interest to mayors in their role as urban leaders. One-year subscription included in membership.
- USCM Publications: All members may receive complimentary copies of a wide range of publications including Best Practices, case studies, guidebooks, and research reports.
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Grants and Award Programs
The U.S. Conference of Mayors has a number of grants and award programs that are open to all member cities. The Conference awarded a total of $765,000 in grants to member cities in 2012.
Here is our complete list of awards, as of March 2013.
Established in 1979, the City Livability Awards honors mayors and their governments for developing programs that enhance the quality of life in urban areas.
- Sponsor: Waste Management
- Award Categories: Large Cities (over 100,000 population) and Small Cities (under 100,000 population). Each Category has 10 awards: 1- First Place, 5 Outstanding Achievement and 4 Honorable Mentions.
- 2013 Award Schedule
- January 17: Application Period Opens
- March 15: Initial Applications Due
- April 12: Second Round Applications Due
- Winners will be presented at the 81st Annual Meeting June 2013 in Las Vegas.
USCM Contact: Jocelyn Bogen (202) 861-6727 jbogen@usmayors.org
This award program recognizes and honors mayors for their outstanding and innovative practices to increase energy efficiency in their cities and to help global warming.
- Sponsor: Wal-Mart
- Award Categories: One Large City of over 100,000 population ($25,000) and One Small City with less than 100,000 population ($15,000)
- 2013 Award Schedule
- January 18: Application Period Opens
- April 12: Deadline
- Winners will be presented at the 81st Annual Meeting June 2013 in Las Vegas.
USCM Contact: Kevin McCarty (202) 861-6728 or kmccarty@usmayors.org
A pilot initiative designed to help communities foster healthy lifestyles and support community-based solutions to the rising obesity epidemic. Three selected cities will have the opportunity to build upon their existing healthy lifestyle programming by receiving steeply discounted Weight Watchers memberships for local residents who qualify based on health status and financial need.
- Sponsor: Weight Watchers International, Inc.
- Award Categories: One large, medium, and small city.
- 2013 Award Schedule:
- January 19: Application Period Opens
- March 29: Deadline
- Winners will be presented at the 81st Annual Meeting June 2013 in Las Vegas.
USCM Contact: Crystal Swann (202) 861-6707 or cswann@usmayors.org
Encourages and recognizes mayors that create innovative partnerships with their local business and non-profit communities to increase hiring of youth.
- 2013 Award Schedule
- February 10: Application Period Opens
- March 15: Registration Deadline
- Winners will be presented at the 82nd Winter Meeting January 2014 in Washington, DC.
USCM Contact: James Kirby (202) 861-6597 or jkirby@usmayors.org
Promotes the development of new programs to further the goal of making cities lead safe. For the last 12 years DuPont has been a Platinum Partner with The United States Conference of Mayors. With over $5 million granted to cities, this award program has been called, by national experts, a model on how public-private partnerships should work together to meet public health challenges.
- Sponsor: DuPont
- Award Categories: 3-5 five awards totaling $250,000
- 2013 Award Schedule
- March 26: Application Period Opens
- May 10: Deadline
- Winners will be presented at the 81st Annual Meeting June 2013 in Las Vegas.
USCM Contact: scienceintheschoolday@verizon.et
The purpose of these awards is to recognize outstanding public/private partnerships to inspire other cities and companies to work together in improving the quality of life in American cities.
- Sponsor: The United States Conference of Mayors
- Award Categories: Two Awards for Excellence and up to Eight Awards for Outstanding
- 2013 Award Schedule:
- June 25: Application Period Opens
- October 1: Deadline
- Winners will be presented at the 82nd Winter Meeting January 2014 in Washington, DC.
USCM Contact: Judy Reid (202) 861-6736, jreid@usmayors.org
The purpose of this program is to recognize and support outstanding local programs to prevent the abuse of prescription drugs.
- Sponsor: Purdue Pharma
- Award Categories: Four awards total, given to 1st and 2nd place in the Large City and Small City Category (1st place $10,000 & 2nd place $5,000)
- 2013 Award Schedule
- July: Call for Nominations
- September 14: Deadline
- Winners will be presented at the 82nd Winter Meeting January 2014 in Washington, DC.
USCM Contact: Crystal Swann (202) 861-6707 or cswann@usmayors.org
Promotes and recognizes mayoral leadership in the development of "greenscapes" across the nation.
- Sponsor: ScottsMiracle-Gro
- Award Categories: Five awards total, $25,000 to each ($15,000 cash & $10,000 in-kind product)
- 2013 Award Schedule:
- September 17: Application Period Opens
- October 26: Applications Due
- Winners will be presented at the 82nd Winter Meeting January 2014 in Washington, DC.
USCM Contact: Crystal Swann (202) 861-6707 or cswann@usmayors.org
This award program honors elected officials and artists that have demonstrated outstanding leadership in the advancement of the arts.
- Sponsor: Americans for the Arts & The United States Conference of Mayors
- Award Categories: One Mayoral Award, One Governor, One Congressional, One Artist
- 2013 Award Schedule:
- Fall: Nominations
- November: Deadline
- Winners will be presented at the 82nd Winter Meeting January 2014 in Washington, DC.
USCM Contact: Jocelyn Bogen (202) 861-6727 jbogen@usmayors.org
Through these grants, DollarWise seeks to recognize and fund local financial education efforts that are both innovative and adaptable by other communities.
- Sponsor: Bank of America
- Award Categories: Three $15,000 Awards (no population categories)
- 2013 Award Schedule:
- November 1: Application Period Opens
- November 19: Applications Due
- December 1: Finalists Notified and Submit Full Applications
- December 15: Finalists’ Applications Due
- December 20: Recipients Notified
- Winners will be presented at the 82nd Winter Meeting January 2014 in Washington, DC.
USCM Contact: James Kirby (202) 861-6759 or jkirby@usmayors.org
Each year through the Summer Youth Campaign, DollarWise encourages mayors to incorporate a financial education component into their cities’ summer youth employment programs. Cities may use these grants to provide incentives for youth to develop good financial habits, to establish evaluation techniques for the financial education component of their SYEPs, or other innovative ideas.
- Sponsor: Bank of America
- Award Categories: Five $4,000 Awards (no population categories)
- 2013 Award Schedule
- December 6: Application Period Opens
- December 22: Deadline
- Winners will be presented at the 81st Winter Meeting in Washington, DC
USCM Contact: James Kirby (202) 861-6759 or jkirby@usmayors.org
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