Community Engagement
Community Engagement is essential for local and state government agencies aiming to build trust, encourage public participation, and ensure that policies reflect residents’ needs and concerns. Governments can foster stronger connections with their communities through outreach programs, public forums, and collaborative decision-making. This directory offers articles on community engagement and related topics like Community Development, which focuses on improving the overall well-being and sustainability of communities through targeted initiatives.
The City of Elgin, Illinois, is using ArcGIS to help keep citizens informed about local case loads and critical services
Kauai Mayor Derek Kawakami has gone viral for his quirky and informative social media videos during the pandemic
Some governors have suggested they would consider moving to an all-mail voting system for the November general election
Police1 columnist Mike Bires advises on how law enforcement departments can handle the harassment of Internet trolls that come along with social media.
Find out what are the top 10 requests for city websites and how to look at your city’s website like a resident.
Our columnist reviews key learnings from the largest civic tech conference. California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom addresses barriers to innovation.
The Chatbot HelloVote pilot app worked with voter registration systems in Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Massachusetts and Vermont, with other states in queue.
Columnist Dr. Alex Bäcker discusses increasing citizen satisfaction in government services through multilingual technologies and mobile queuing.
The National Lynching Memorial will be located in Montgomery, Ala., but behooves every county that had a lynching to bring their piece home.
Use Boston’s analytical toolkit, CityScore, to customize your own city’s daily, monthly and weekly scores.
Miami Beach Philip Levine talks to the Boston Herald about what his city is doing to respond to the local spread of Zika virus.
The first Zika hotspot in the United States is Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood. If Zika virus spreads in your community, use these resources to mobilize fast.
Police Commissioner William B. Evans reports that relationships are part of the reason Boston’s crime is down 15 percent and arrests are down 28 percent. That, and Hoodsies.
See how cities, towns and counties across the nation nailed it with great food, public safety demonstrations and community fun for National Night Out 2016.
The new building and zoning data tool will pull online permit, license and inspection information and map results by neighborhood or district.
City leaders have a greater capacity to create real, tangible changes in policing than the federal government will ever have
From tourism to public health and community policing, Pokemon GO and augmented reality apps can give cities an opportunity to engage citizens.
One New Zealand town has a surplus of jobs and an affordable housing campaign creating an international stir.
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