Civic Infrastructure

Published: April 18, 2013, 8:15 p.m.

b"Every community has a physical infrastructure - the streets and roads and sewer lines that connect buildings and allow cities to buzz and grow. But every place also has a civic infrastructure: the social connections, decision-making processes, and formal and informal networks that allow residents to solve problems, work together, and build a thriving community.\\n\\nJoin us on this recording to explore this critical topic in community building; we'll discuss building blocks of civic infrastructure and find out what it means to you and your communities and the newly-launched CommunityMatters Partnership.\\n\\nFeaturing Matt Leighninger, Executive Director of the Deliberative Democracy Consortium and CommunityMatters Partner Organizations.\\n\\nRecorded on June 28, 2012. Notes available online at bit.ly/K2aK6t."