Upper Makefield Township

Upper Makefield took home top prize, the 21st Annual Outstanding Citizen Communication Award, in the Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors’ 44th Annual Township Citizen Communication Contest. The annual Outstanding Citizen Communication award is given to one township for its overall achievement and commitment to citizen communication—and this year Upper Makefield won.

This annual contest recognizes townships that have successfully communicated programs, news, information, and activities to their residents. Upper Makefield was the only township to win first place in multiple categories.

This monthly e-mail newsletter received first place in the electronic newsletter category. Additionally, Upper Makefield also won first place in the website category.

The association will officially present the township with the award in May 2012 at PSATS’s 90th Annual Educational Conference in Hershey, PA.  

More about the communication contest

All entries were judged on the usefulness of information presented and how well the information was communicated. Publications were also judged on their overall attractiveness and readability.

Judges for the contest included members of the association’s Publications-Public Relations Committee, representatives from the Governor’s Center for Local Government Servicers, and staff members of the Pennsylvania Township News, the association’s official monthly magazine.

The Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors represents Pennsylvania’s 1,455 townships of the second class and is committed to preserving and strengthening township government and securing greater visibility and involvement for townships in the state and federal political arenas. Townships of the second class represent more resident s — 5.5 million Pennsylvanians – than any other type of political subdivision in the commonwealth.