Lincoln Mayor Pete Andrews looks at a road sign presented to the city by Dennis Whetstone,
deputy director with the state Department of Commerce and Community Affairs. Whetstone and
other DCCA officials officially designated Lincoln a Certified City during city council meeting.

CERTIFIED CITIES PROGRAM

Thirty-four municipalities in Illinois have earned the Distinction as a "Certified City". This program is conducted by the ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS.

In order to qualify you must meet a criteria for certification in twenty-one areas such as municipal administration, environmental improvement, recreation and cultural facilities, business and industrial environment, educational, etc.

Listed are those municipalities that are Certified in the order they become certified:

DECATUR	BUFFALO GROVE	MACOMB	EVANSTON
NILES	MOLINE	WEST CHICAGO	ST. CHARLES
DESPLAINES	ELMHURST	CAROL STREAM	WHEELING
BARTLETT	STERLING	CARTHAGE	AURORA
CHARLESTON	NAPERVILLE	PALATINE	ROCKFORD
QUINCY	SAUK VILLAGE	GLENDALE HEIGHTS	LINCOLN
URBANA	MATTOON	WOODSTOCK	SALEM
SCHAUMBURG	McHENRY	CALUMET CITY	BOLINGBROOK
SPRINGFIELD	CHAMPAIGN

Page 10 / Illinois Municipal Review / September 1988