Banner City Criteria
Any number of your City’s/Town’s elected and appointed officials may work together to accomplish the five MML participation requirements. Cities and towns earning the Banner City/Town designation will be recognized at the annual summer conference.
THE BANNER CITY/TOWN DESIGNATION IS AWARDED TO THE MUNICIPALITY, NOT AN INDIVIDUAL
1. The municipality must send at least one representative to the annual summer conference and the fall conference. A one-day registration will meet this criterion as long as the representative participates in summer conference activities, e.g., workshops, general session or other meetings. MML staff will verify this. No information or signature required by City/Town.
2. Your municipality was represented at 50% of the year’s Chapter Meetings.
3. Your City/Town conducted and promoted a Municipal Government Works (MGW) Month activity, OR made a city/town MGW Month proclamation OR displayed the MGW flag during the month of November.
4. An official visited at least one school to educate students (of ANY grade) about municipal government and/or encouraged 4th grade teachers & students to participate in the “If I Were Mayor, I Would…” Essay Contest.
5. At least one elected official or municipal employee must have participated in at least TWO of the following MML activities or programs during this Banner City/Town year:
- Must have served on the MML Board of Directors -OR-
- Must have served as a Chapter/Department officer/Chapter Board of Directors -OR-
- Must have been a member in good standing on an MML committee -OR-
- Must be enrolled in or graduated from the Academy for Excellence in Local Governance -OR-
- The municipality’s mayor must have participated in the Maryland Mayors Winter Conference during current Banner/City Town Year -OR-
- Must have exhibited on MML Main Street at the MML annual summer conference -OR-
- Must have attended the Summer Symposium -OR-
- Must have attended the State of the Municipality -OR-
- Must have attended Advocacy Day
- Must have testified during the 2026 Maryland Legislative Session
- All elected officials and a clerk or manager of a municipality would need to activate their profile by logging into MD CommUnity
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