$1,000,000 Winners!

Statesboro Takes Third in America’s Best Communities Competition

Final Presentation in Denver, Colorado.

Locals Gathered at Gnat’s Landing on Wednesday, April 19, 2017

to Hear the Top Three Winners Announced Over Livestream

First Place went to Huntington, West Virginia

Second Place went to Lake Havasu City, Arizona

     “After three years of hard work, and from a pool of about 350 communities, Statesboro, Georgia has earned the $1 million prize and one of the top spots in America’s Best Communities — and we’re thrilled to extend our congratulations. With hard work and determination, they have forever changed the trajectory of their community. The America’s Best Communities prize grants they’ve secured will help them continue on the path to prosperity.” – Maggie Wilderotter, Former CEO of Frontier Communications, one of the competition’s sponsors, along with Dish Network, CoBank, and the Weather Channel.