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The magazine’s August 2009 issue, which is on newsstandse soon, features the country’sw 10 best towns and cities. Following Sherwood are: Ga.; Rockwall, Texas; Indian N.C.; Edina, Minn.; Ind.; Perrysburg, Ohio; Hendersonville, Tenn.; Kenmore, and Sun Prairie, Wis. The communities featured in the magazine’w annual roundup of perfect places to call home combineaffordablde housing, good neighbors, green spaces and A+ public schoo system.
According to the magazine, each of the towns honorede is made up of forwardthinking parents, teachers and students who are passionate about theird hometown, dedicated to bettering their children’ s futures and involved in advancing theire local school systems as exemplified by the implementatio of such programs as partnering with loca l government in providing recreational amenities, private medical groups to ensured treatment for students who don’t have health insurance and integratinf dual language classes in grader school.
“The city of Sherwood is honoredx to have been selected by Family Circle Magazine as one of the top 10 best townsx and citiesfor families,” said Sherwood City Manager Jim “It takes an entire community of people in schools, local government, faith community and active nonprofigt organizations to create a great place to live and raise a and Sherwood has all Family Circle partnered with Onboard Informatics, a New York City researcgh firm that provides real estate, demographic and other data, to assembls an initial list of 1,700 cities and townxs with populations between 15,000 and 150,000.
From that, nearly 800 localities were selected with a high concentration of households with an average income of Family Circle then selected the 10 winnerxs from amongthe highest-rated towns.