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How would $50,000 make your town a better place to live? Reader’s Digest wants to know. Tell Reader’s Digest about your community’s needs, upload photos of your town and talk about why where you live is the best place in America. The We Hear You America campaign will provide prizes and support to the winning towns. Your town could win big! Current leaders in the DFW area: Frisco, 3074 votes McKinney, 1042 votes Dallas, 42 votes Plano, 35 votes Fort Worth, 16 votes Flower Mound, 13 votes Mansfield, 5 votes Arlington, 3 votes Grapevine, 3 votes

She Is Dallas: To vote for your town, go to the Reader’s Digest We Hear You America website. Enter your zip code and tell Reader’s Digest how the money could improve your community. 18 towns will win big! Reader’s Digest will award 10 fourth place prizes of $5,000, 5 third place prizes of $10,000, 2 runners up of $25,000, and 1 grand prize of $50,000! The town with the most votes wins the grand prize. Make sure to tell your family, friends and neighbors to vote too! It is free to enter and votes. You may vote as many times as you wish. Voting closes on March 1, 2012! For more information, please visit the We Hear You America website or follow Reader’s Digest on Facebook.

2011 Winning Towns and Their Initiatives: Americans Fixing America

Grand Marais, MI, Prize: $40,000. Rebuilding a seawall
Fairbury, IL, Prize: $25,000. Renovating the town’s 100-year old library
Galesburg, IL, Prize: $25,000. The Galesburg Community Foundation
Louisville, KY, Prize: $10,000. Rebuilding the Cherokee Park Pavilion
Greensboro, NC, Prize: $10,000. Donations to the United Way and Salvation Army
Manchester, NH, Prize: $10,000. Renovating city hall
Boley, OK, Prize: $10,000. Rebuilding a playground
Ely, MN, Prize: $10,000. Rebuilding a playground
Oakland, CA, Prize: $10,000. Mayor’s Your Mentoring Initiative
Aurora, IL, Prize: $10,000. Revitalizing downtown Aurora