It may be while before Congress addresses the critical issues of climate change and sustainability, but a growing number of communities across the country are applying their own approaches, and...
They say you can’t fight city hall, but in El Paso, Texas, you may not have to. The city’s local and appointed officials have gone out of their way to...
We’ve redesigned the National Civic League website. Link here to give it a spin. We wanted to make it more user friendly and emphasize community success stories. Most of our...
December 15, is the deadline to nominate a group or individual for the E Pluribus Unum Prizes, a national awards program that provides four $50,000 prizes annually to exceptional initiatives...
Ryan Lundquist of Rancho Cordova’s All-America City Award-winning Project 680 has launched a new website called GoodneighborTV. In Ryan’s words, the site will be a place to share “tips, interviews,...
One of the biggest challenges facing communities in these tough economic times is just paying for basic services. Things we used to take for granted like a city baseball program...
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Interesting post from Richard Harwood on why he doesn’t use the term “civic engagement” in his work at the Harwood Institute. Meantime, we find ourselves in endless, mind-numbing meetings where...
By Tanja Aitamurto Want to find out how to raise $1.2 million to build a baseball field for children with special needs? Ask the city of Acworth, Georgia. Community leaders,...
