Neighborhood Power in El Paso

October 20, 2010

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...

Success Stories

October 11, 2010

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...

Award for Immigrant Integration Programs

September 30, 2010

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...

Good Neighbor TV

August 25, 2010

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,...

Coping with Scarcity: The Lynwood Sports Association and Mobile Recreation Team

August 18, 2010

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...

All-America City Finalist: Scott County, Kansas

July 16, 2010

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Richard Harwood on Civic Engagement

June 29, 2010

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...

Shared Success, Knowledge – Time for a “Civic Knowledge Network?”

June 24, 2010

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,...

Don Wise of Park University: Leadership in Communities

June 23, 2010

Interview with Don Wise of Park University, Kansas City, and his student Erica Rockley. Wise is Hauptmann School Fellow for Nonprofit Leadership in Park University, and he attended the All-America...

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