COMMUNITY RESOURCES
These resources provide a starting point to discover how you can make an impact in your community.
U.S. Census Quick Facts
Look up quick facts about your community (population, income, etc.).
Center for Community Change
The Center for Community Change envisions a nationwide social movement led by everyday people and inspired by the conviction that we can create a society in which everyone has enough to thrive and achieve their full potential.
101 small ways you can improve your city
Check out this article where Curbed shares 101 urban interventions and ideas that show how even the tiniest changes can make our cities better places.
FEATURED VIDEOS
There are many definitions for community. Western University’s Lisa Boyko gives an overview of the meaning of community engagement, and outlines its various benefits.
Nick O’Brien is a community/economic development creative with a passion for building and activating people-centered communities. Following the first several years of his professional life as a TV sports reporter and anchor (which relocated him to the state of Wisconsin), Nick serendipitously collided with the realm of community and economic development when he was asked to manage a young professionals group in the central Wisconsin community where his journalism career had landed him.
Tia Taylor tells, in her talk for “TEDxCuneo 2022 – Ubuntu, connected identities” and starting from her personal experience, how she managed to create her own social community and how she involved it in important projects, up to the creation of the web portal Colory* who tells how Italy is changing and that white is no longer the only “skin color” in a country now open to the whole world.
Bartlett Park Community Garden is a self-sufficient garden in St. Petersburg, Florida! They have their own well for water and solar panels for electricity! They are a wonderful example of growing food and bringing community together. Ava Deveaux is the garden manager and is a true gem of a human.
Take a look at this great video from Habitat for Humanity of Horry County explaining the nature of neighborhood revitalization and what it looks like in a community.
Traditional industries retreated. The local population fell by 20%, and rural Maine lost more than a thousand jobs. Today, however, tech firms are leading a cultural, economic, and digital comeback in Waterville, which has seen a 6% growth in its population in the past eight years.
VOTER REGISTRATION RESOURCES
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