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Article: Claremont's perspective.(officials from Claremont, California, describe attending Your City's Families Conference)(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- Nation's Cities Weekly
- Article date:
- September 29, 1997
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Claremont was one of 90 cities from across the nation participating in NLC's 1997 Your City's Families Conference. Thirty of these cities sent a team of community leaders and municipal officials. Claremont included seven people on our team.
One of the exciting elements of this conference was the make-up of these teams which included a cross section of elected officials from both cities and school districts, professional staff from cities, youth, and representation from non-profit agencies, community-based organizations, and foundations.
Like many of the cities attending, Claremont has increasingly focused on the importance of improving services and ...