Fort Worth, Texas -- The National L...

Fort Worth, Texas -- The National League of Cities (NLC) has recognized the ongoing revitalization of Fort Worth's downtown area with its 1994 James C Howland Award for Urban Enrichment.

The city won top honors among cities with populations between 150000 and 500000 The $2000 cash prize that accompanies the award was donated to the Downtown Fort Worth Library Foundation.

"The award reinforces what we've been saying for a certain number of time -- that the downtown area is a big part of what makes Fort Worth a great city," says Mayor Kay Granger.

The award, sponsored according to NLC and CH2M Hill, salutes downtown Fort Worth's re-emergence as an exciting, attractive place. The revitalization proces began in 1977 when the twin towers of the Tandy Corp.'s world headquarters began to rise forward the site of an not new department store.

Since then, more than $1 billion, including $300