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National Civic Review archives from December 2010
Note from the editor.(Editorial)
December 22, 2010... Last year, we created a new blog for the 2010 All-America City (AAC) Awards. The idea was to foster greater networking and information sharing among participants and reach a broader audience of communities and organizations that promote...
Everyday heroes: a view from the All-America City Awards Jury.
December 22, 2010... Salisbury, Maryland, has an all-volunteer summer program, the Youth Leadership Academy, which emphasizes reaching out to nontraditional leaders in the community. Any young person from the eighth grade through junior year in high school can...
Problem solving and innovation: the 2010 All-America City and finalist projects.
December 22, 2010... We believe the latest trends in what is working in America's communities can be seen in the projects presented annually by the All-America City applicants, and 2010 was no exception. The projects of National Civic League's 2010 All-America...
Chandler, Arizona: telling our story.
December 22, 2010... Say that you're sitting there thinking, "I wonder what a typical day in the life of the Joe Chandler family is like." Well, it goes something like this. It's 5:30 a.m., Joe--OK, OK, maybe closer to 6:00--and you're awakened by the sound of...
Fiscal sustainability and local government.
December 22, 2010... America's communities are facing the worst fiscal crisis since the Great Depression. Over the past few years, sales tax receipts, an important source of revenues, have plummeted. Developers went bankrupt, meaning fewer permit fees for commercial...
How our cities can constructively resolve their critical problems.
December 22, 2010... Many cities are in crisis. Tax revenues have plunged, while economically stressed city residents need more government services than they have in decades, forcing cities to make painful choices. How can cities bridge their ideological differences...
Democratic governance and civic health in Newark, Delaware: a case study.(Case study)
December 22, 2010... On February 25, 2008, city council chambers in Newark, Delaware, overflowed with angry citizens hoping to stop a large housing development project on a country club site, as well as prevent an associated road outlet for the new development that...
The Power of Collaborative Solutions: Six Principles and Effective Tools for Building Healthy Communities.(Book review)
December 22, 2010... The Power of Collaborative Solutions: Six Principles and Effective Tools for Building Healthy Communities, by Tom Wolff Jossey-Bass, 2010, San Francisco Any book with "collaborative solutions" in its title should offer something different....
