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Article: New guide shows that civic engagement is healthy way to solve problems.(civic organizations management guidelines by Arlington Forum)
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- Nation's Cities Weekly
- Article date:
- November 13, 2006
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Civic engagement is a healthy way to solve problems, is good for community leaders, and is worth the inconvenience or bother that might be encountered along the way. This is the message from a new guide released by Arlington Forum, "Civic Engagement: A Guide for Communities."
The guide to civic engagement is neither an in-depth encyclopedia nor a step-by-step manual. Less of a how-to, the guide is more about encouraging community leaders that they can do more civic engagement.
The guide makes the case that civic engagement is a healthy way to solve problems by using the metaphor of civic engagement as a practice that a community does to improve its ...