NASHVILLE, Tennessee — August 10, 2009 — Nashville Public Television (NPT) has received a My Source Community Impact Award for Engagement from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) for the station’s Next Door Neighbors project.

The My Source Community Impact Awards for Engagement were created by CPB to give well-deserved recognition to public television and radio stations for their commitment and responsiveness to their communities, providing innovative services- on-air, online and on the ground with measureable results and benefits for the community.

NPT’s Next Door Neighbors highlights Nashville’s status as a destination city for immigrants and refugees who have made the city their home over the last ten years. Through a series of four documentaries, a project website, community forums, screenings and literacy outreach, NPT seeks to provide Middle Tennesseans with a wide-ranging view of the region’s rapidly growing foreign-born communities including Kurdish, Somali, Hispanic and upcoming, Bhutanese, immigrants. The first documentary, "Little Kurdistan, USA," profiling Nashville’s Kurdish community won a Mid-South Regional Emmy for Best Cultural Documentary. At the Next Door Neighbors website (http://wnpt.org/productions/nextdoorneighbors/ ) all documentaries are available for viewing along with expanded video content and an online discussion forum.

“Now more than ever, communities are relying on local public broadcasting stations for information they can trust, for connection to community that matters and for a safe place where children can learn,” said Pat Harrison, president and CEO of CPB.

Harrison will formally present the award to NPT at a luncheon reception at the station, Wednesday, August 12 at 1:00 p.m.