Faith institutions, municipalities, and communities need to prepare themselves for the decline and closure of houses of worship to assess how to transform them from empty hulks into neighborhood assets.
The purpose of the project is to assist county officials, the criminal courts, and public safety leaders in partnering to establish priorities and better align available resources, including funding from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.
The city’s matching grant program combines dedicated city staff, passionate neighborhood leaders, and an ironclad commitment to harnessing Charlotte residents’ passion for their community to improve it from the neighborhood level outward.
The latest edition of the model city charter continues the National Civic League’s tradition of promoting ethical, efficient governance, but also includes some changes intended to sharpen its focus on public engagement and social equity.
When it comes to community engagement, the most effective solutions are local in nature, even if the underlying problem is widespread. Regardless of where a community member may fall on the political spectrum, there is a shared belief that we have an obligation to address housing affordability and housing insecurity.
To many local leaders concerned with neighborhood change, “developer” is a bad word. Yet, working with community-oriented developers is one way local leaders can thoughtfully navigate the growth of historically disadvantaged neighborhoods and encourage thoughtful investment and equitable development.
Public housing agencies and affordable housing organizations can serve as focal points and catalysts to bring together public, corporate and community-level stakeholders to promote early school success and equitable learning recovery using a system of 24/7/365 wraparound services and supports and a multigenerational approach.
During the late twentieth century, interest in local civic affairs began to wane in favor of following national political ideologies and personalities associated with them. But in Rye New Hampshire, a group of residents has re-activated a tradition, a nonpartisan civic league to promote a better understanding of and greater levels of participation in local affairs.
