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America's Promise Alliance Names Boise One of the Nation's 100 Best Communities for Young People

America’s Promise Alliance, the nation’s largest alliance dedicated to children and youth, in partnership with Capital One, today announced that Boise has once again been named a winner of its 2008 100 Best Communities for Young People (100 Best) competition.

The 100 Best competition recognizes the 100 outstanding communities across America that are the best places for young people to live and grow up. More than 300 communities in all 50 states applied for the honor this year. Boise was selected as a 100 Best community for the second year in a row because of these programs and other services for youth:

The Mayor’s Council on Children and Youth, which created an on online network of after-school sites at www.cityofboise.org/after3
Construction of three new community centers, which will provide neighborhood-based programs for kids at three schools
Nearly 78,000 free lunches provided by the Idaho FoodBank to youth at five Boise parks and three other locations in neighboring communities
About $750,000 in scholarships raised annually by the YMCA to provide healthy activities for 5,000 kids
The United Way’s Born Learning campaign, which is designed to encourage Treasure Valley parents to prepare their children for success in school, work and life through active involvement in their child’s earliest learning experiences.
Dedication of 397 adult mentors and 116 high school mentors recruited by Big Brothers/Big Sisters

“I grew up in Boise, and my top priority as mayor is to give our children and their children the same opportunities and advantages that I enjoyed,” said Mayor David Bieter. “This award tells us we’re on the right track. My sincere thanks to our many community partners who have helped us make this city a great place to be young.”

The 100 Best competition was first held in 2005. This year’s winners were selected by a distinguished panel that included United Way President Brian Gallagher; Wellington Webb, former mayor of Denver and President of Webb Group International; Thomas Donohue, president and CEO, U.S. Chamber of Commerce; and Dr. Suzanne Morse, executive director of the Pew Partnership for Civic Change.