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奖项及认可
Minneapolis Becomes 2nd US City Named ‘Child Friendly City’ by UNICEF
Minneapolis has been named a “Child Friendly City” by the United Nations Child Funds (UNICEF) for its efforts to improve the lives of its youngest residents.
The designation is part of the nonprofit Child Friendly Cities Initiative (CFCI), which was launched in 2020 and “aims to improve the safety and inclusion of children and young people, 他们有意义的参与, and access to equitable social services, 安全健康的生活环境, 游戏和休闲的机会,根据联合国儿童基金会.
Minneapolis is only the second city in the United States to be named a “Child Friendly City,排在休斯顿之后, 德州, which received the designation in 2023.
It is not an easy process for the city to achieve, and it has been in the works for years. It comes down to the local action plan that Minneapolis leaders came up with in 2020 when they aimed to get this sort of 识别. UNICEF looks at four different areas of that action plan: emergency preparedness, 澳门网络娱乐游戏平台中的青年, 社区安全, 儿童权利.
联合国儿童基金会美国分会主席兼首席执行官, 迈克尔Nyenhuis, 是明尼苏达州人, and he says Minneapolis has been a forerunner in thinking about the rights and well-being of children.
“It goes all the way back to your former Mayor [Donald] Frasier, who put child rights on the agenda for Minneapolis and embraced the Convention on the Rights of the Child, 哪个是最大的, the most ratified human rights treaty in the world,Nyenhuis解释道. “市长当时接受了这个提议, and there are child rights champions in civil society, and within the government in Minneapolis, that we’re excited to be partnered with.”
Nyenheis says this designation doesn’t mean that the work to put children at the center is over, 但更重要的是, recognizes that this city is committed to improving the lives and well-being of children in the community and making our youth a priority.
Alexandria Building Department Awarded Best in the State
The Association of Minnesota Building Officials selected Alexandria’s department as the Building Department of the Year.
The Alexandria Building Department received high praise at the state level.
The Association of Minnesota Building Officials selected Alexandria’s department as the Building Department of the Year. The Alexandria 市议会 talked about the honor at its Feb.2024年12月12日，会议.
The award was presented at the International Code Council’s Upper Great Plains Region 3 annual educational institute in Minneapolis.
The award recognizes the city’s building department staff for their “tireless work with contractors, homeowners and commercial/industrial developers to ensure affordable public safety in the built environment and the efficient administration of construction codes.”
The department issued permits for 项目 that exceeded $125 million in value in each of the last two years. 它每年发行近1,400年许可, 传导约3,400 inspections and already this year, has provided local building code training to more than 150 building contractors and plumbing/heating/ventilation contractors. The total area covered by the building department is 71.43平方英里.
Kim Norton and City of Rochester Earn National Recognition for ‘Move with the Mayor’ Fall Fit Challenge
每年春天和秋天, Rochester Mayor Kim Norton encourages residents to get active with the Move with the Mayor (MWTM) challenge.
Now, Rochester is receiving national 识别 for taking part in the campaign. The city has received the Gold Level in the Step It Up! Success Roadmap, the highest level of achievement across the country.
Rochester was one of 30 cities that participated in the fitness challenges this year.
The fall fit challenge includes completing a ‘Step It Up! “成功路线图”的灵感来自美国.S. Surgeon General’s call to action, promoting walking, and walkable communities.
今年, Mayor Norton joined up with Med-City Marathon’s Kid’s Run and Rochester Public Schools Walk to School Day.
在健身挑战期间, participating mayors send in a year-in-review of the city’s healthy lifestyle policies and programs to the National Forum.
Cities gain points based on the achievement level in three areas: making exercise a city priority; creating communities that make physical exercise safe and accessible to all; and providing programs and rules to encourage physical activity.