Four members of the Alpharetta City Council have come together to sponsor a scholarship contest based on gathering the ideas of Alpharetta’s youth on how to stimulate the local economy. Council Members D.C. Aiken, David Belle Isle, Doug DeRito, and John Monson are leveraging funds from their annual budgets to fund the scholarships.
The Alpharetta Stimulus Idea Scholarship Contest encourages students to bring forward ideas that stimulate the economy, reduce costs, improve efficiencies or provide for the general improvement of the local economy. The ideas can be for public, private or a combination of public and private initiatives.
Three ideas will be selected and awarded first, second, and third prizes, respectively. The first prize applicant will receive a $1,000 scholarship, second prize will be awarded $500, and third place will receive $250.
“It is important that Alpharetta’s youth take an active role in understanding our economy and the challenges we face at this unique time in our country’s history,” stated John Monson, the Council Member who first presented the idea for the contest. “We believe in the resource we have available in our young men and women and seek to utilize that resource, while also providing a unique learning experience along with a compelling reward for students’ hard work.”
The City of Alpharetta Stimulus Idea Scholarship Contest is open to 2009 academic year high school juniors and seniors who are residents of the City of Alpharetta and who have maintained a minimum 3.0 GPA during the current academic year. Students who are children of or under the guardianship of employees or officials of the City of Alpharetta are not eligible for participation.
Students interested in submitting ideas for consideration can obtain an application packet here, or by sending an email to jdrinkard@alpharetta.ga.us. The deadline for submitting an application is 12:00 PM on Friday, May 1, 2009.
For application visit: http://www.alpharetta.ga.us/files/docs/pdfs/External_Press/2009/Stimulus%20Idea%20Scholarship%20Application%20Packet.doc
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