Detroit, Michigan prepares for Super Bowl XL, 24 years since its previous opportunity to host football’s biggest game. City and business leaders are working hard to change 40 years of bad PR and get momentum behind urban renewal efforts.
Citizen Participation & Research – County/Local Organizations
Online Budget Features Increase Accountability for Spokane Government
Spokane’s online budget tools increase government accountability and can help citizens better understand its financial straits.
Louisiana Recovery Authority Coordinates State Rebuilding Efforts
Louisiana Recovery Authority is planning and coordinating for the state’s rebuildng efforts in response to hurricane damage.
Monitoring Criminal Activity in Chicago
Chicago Crime.org is a groundbreaking site that allows Windy City’s residents and law enforcement to view crime activity with the use of Google Maps.
Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation
The Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation recently launched a new web site designed to help promote Denver and its local companies to business leaders, site selectors and relocation managers throughout the country. The web site, said to be a ?springboard? of a...
Muni Web Sites Can Help Promote Positive Social Change
From promoting art awareness to preventing drunk driving, the Ad Council has been creating public service advertisements designed to elicit positive social change since 1942. The Ad Council recently introduced five new public service campaigns (see Sidebar for...
Foundation Advocates Privacy Policies on Municipal Web Sites
The majority of municipal web sites in Illinois lack clear privacy policy statements, according to a recent report by the Gryphon Foundation, a non-profit public interest group supported by a state grant. The report is based on findings from a survey that examined web...
Hot Topics: Theater Preservation: To Restore or Not To Restore
It is under heated debate in many communities all over the country: Should we tear down this old (and possibly decrepit) theater to build new retail space, hotel property, condominiums, etc. - or do we restore and protect what could be a historic landmark? We took a...