National Civic Review articles from December 2000

National Civic Review archives from December 2000

NOTE FROM THE PRESIDENT.(All-America City Awards)(Brief Article)
December 22, 2000... Every year, the National Civic League celebrates the accomplishments of ten communities through the All-America City Award. These award-winning communities present a picture of what social change can and should be. They find ways to move beyond...

The Civic Profile: A Case Study of Community Building in New Hampshire.
December 22, 2000... Something exciting is happening in the state of New Hampshire. For more than ten years, it has been engaged in a process to strengthen citizen democracy and promote civic renewal. This process, called the Community Profile, has its roots in the...

Youth-Led Civic Organizing: Countering Perceptions of Apathy and Redefining Civic Engagement (a Conversation with Joel Spoonheim of the Active Citizens School).(Interview)
December 22, 2000... Over the past ten years, there has been growing concern that citizens are choosing to disengage from both politics and civic life. Policymakers, academics, philanthropists, and community leaders have all joined the dialogue and worked to...

Engaging the Community in Core Public Health Functions.
December 22, 2000... During the winter and spring of 1999, the St. Louis County Department of Health contracted with the National Civic League (NCL) to develop a training process to better address the core public health functions of assessment, assurance, and...

Local Office Holders and the Public.(attitudes toward ctizen participation)
December 22, 2000... I gratefully acknowledge the support of Lynchburg College for a sabbatical leave and the Charles F. Kettering Foundation in Dayton, Ohio, for the opportunity to conduct this research as scholar in residence in 1998. To what extent are...

The 2000 All-America City Awards.(winning communities and their projects)
December 22, 2000... Editor's note: The All-America City Awards are given to ten communities each year for outstanding civic accomplishment. Thirty communities are selected from a larger pool of applicants to participate in the award program. To win, each community...

Cities in the Twenty-First Century: The Forces of Change.
December 22, 2000... Citizens throughout the world face the challenges of the twenty-first century, the dawn of our civilization's third millennium. Dynamic changes are taking place in society that will have a profound impact on our cities in the future. Evolving...

Economies of Scale: Business, Neighborhood Development, and Local Government.
December 22, 2000... Recently the president of the university where I work suggested that the behavior of some residents has led to our town of Athens, Georgia, gaining a reputation for being antibusiness. As a member of a neighborhood that participated in two...