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Weather Channel Sponsors America's Best Communities Competition

The Weather Channel will sponsor the America's Best Communities competition, already sponsored by CoBank, Dish Network and Frontier Communications (see 1409110044), Frontier said in a news release Thursday. The $10 million competition, launched Sept. 10, supports development and investment in…

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small towns and rural communities across Frontier's 27-state footprint, it said. A $50,000 prize will be awarded to each community to help them develop Community Revitalization Plans, it said. The three-year competition will provide $4 million and other support to help communities while they develop revitalization plans, it said. The first-place community with the best plan will be awarded $3 million, second place $2 million and third place $1 million, it said. America's Best Communities will announce the 50 quarterfinalists on April 29, and three winners will be announced in April 2017, Frontier said.