Monthly Archives: November 2009

Peterson Has Essay about Gen X Engagement in C-J

CSC’s executive director, Pete Peterson, recently posted the essay, “More than Zero“, on City Journal Online. In the piece, Peterson, uses research from the recently released Civic Health Index (from the National Conference on Citizenship) to show that, contrary to stereotypes, the generation known as “Generation X” demonstrates significant levels of public participation in actions [...]

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After UK City Attempt Fails, Residents Build Own Website

An interesting story out of Birmingham in the UK. After launching its new 2.8 million pound participatory planning  website, local  residents created their own site entitled, “BigCityTalk”.
As reported in the blog Stap isi, one of the citizen-web developers became exasperated over the difficulty in using the City’s website, commenting: “We wanted a place to discuss the [...]

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