Buffalo Grove Recognized With 'Best In Governance' Award

BUFFALO GROVE, IL — Following its participation in a national community survey earlier this year, the Village of Buffalo Grove is being recognized for improved governance. Polco, an online community engagement polling platform, awarded Buffalo Grove with its "Voice of the People: Transformation" award for the greatest improvement in resident ratings of transparency, honesty, fairness, and confidence in leadership.

Buffalo Grove is one of just five communities nationwide to earn the award as part of Polco's 2025 Best In Governance awards. According to the Village, the award took into account resident ratings from the 2025 National Community Survey results. The survey was sent out to residents in April.

Officials said that since the last survey was conducted four years ago, major improvements have been seen in areas like overall direction of the Village; welcoming resident involvement; confidence in Village government; and economic health.

When compared to other communities across the U.S., 41 percent of ratings for Buffalo Grove (50/122) were higher than national benchmarks, 59 percent were similar, and none of the ratings were lower than the national benchmark.

Polco said the National Champions awards, for which Buffalo Grove is eligible, will be announced live at the ICMA Annual Conference in October in Tampa, Florida.

A complete report on the results of the community survey for Buffalo Grove can be found here.

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