National Civic Review articles from December 1999

National Civic Review archives from December 1999

Creating a Healthy Democracy.
December 22, 1999... National Civic League Created to Rebuild America's Democracy When the founders of the National Civic League (NCL) first convened in Philadelphia on January 25, 1894--at the time (and until 1987) known as the National Municipal League--the...

Stages of the Process: Using the Civic Index.
December 22, 1999... The Civic Index process provides a framework for using the index at its optimal level. However, it can be adapted to fulfill the particular needs of communities, programs, and other entities. Each community must decide which approach is most...

Questions to Ask: Components of the Civic Index.
December 22, 1999... Every community has a civic infrastructure: formal and informal processes and networks through which communities make decisions and attempt to solve problems. The quality of a community's civic infrastructure determines that community's...

Exploring Community Change: Causes, Effects, and Motivation.
December 22, 1999... The National Civic League (NCL) has begun a two-year exploration of communities across the United States. The purpose of this journey is to discover answers to one simple question: How do communities change? Specifically, this research seeks...

The 1999 All-America City Awards.
December 22, 1999... Editor's Note: The National Civic League and Allstate Insurance Company announced the ten 1999 All-America City Award winners on June 26 at a celebration in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Delegates from thirty communities from all over the...

Making Something Out of Almost Nothing: Social Capital Development in Newark, New Jersey's, Enterprise Community.
December 22, 1999... In December 1994, five months after completing the most energizing public-private-nonprofit planning process in its recent history, the Newark community was notified by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) that it had...