Guidelines for Nominations

· Population – A town is a town, not a city. Though there is no hard line between a town and city, we think towns are smaller and less urban and/or metropolitan. If you need a number, try about 5,000, but that doesn’t mean that if you have a wonderful town much larger it shouldn’t be nominated. But we are not looking for New York or Baltimore, or even Riverside, CA or Denton, TX. It’s small towns that will get the nod, not the large ones.

· Pretty – This is about as subjective as you can get. Tell us why you like your town, what is beautiful about it. Is it the architecture, the vistas, the countryside, trees, landscape, etc. Let us know your view of your American Dream Town.

· Pristine – Take into account such things as cleanliness, maintenance of the built environment, preservation of historic and natural features, things that make your town different and original.

· Patriotic – More than just flying a lot of flags. Why is your town a patriotic town? How are you preserving the American Dreams of your forbearers? Do you have a battleground, graveyard, or historic building that reflects on them? How about the immigrant experience in your town? Everyplace has a history, and American Dream Towns have a patriotic history. If you are nominating a new town, consider that a monument or a small museum is a good start.

· Website – We really want a website, this is an interactive type of activity. We are not looking for the best website, we are looking for a fine town.

· Dues or Fees? – The are NO dues or fees for any of the town that are nominated or the people that are nominating their dream towns. The annual, national competition is sponsored by Seven Stars & Stripes Awards Inc.

· If there are not enough public nominations – The board of American Dream Town, Inc. will add nominations to all states that do not receive three nominations.

· Nominations will be screened – American Dream Town, Inc., reserves the right to screen all nominations that they meet with the criteria of pretty, pristine, and patriotic. Those who do not meet the minimum in the subjective mind of the American Dream Town mission, will be rejected. All decisions are final.

· If there are too many nominations – This is a first come, first served program. If your town is number four for your state, your check will be returned, and start earlier next year!

· Deadline –All E nominations should be received by American Dream Town, Inc., by October 1st, 2005, so that we can begin voting October 15th, 2005.

Good Luck!