Conscious Communities

Creating Places of Heightened Awareness and Expression

Saturday, April 28, 2007

Schools, Spending, and Educational Outcomes

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A community must be educated to be conscious! Is your local school district spending enough on student education? Is that even the right que...
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Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Liberal Communities

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Which communities are most liberal in their politics, lifestyle and values? ePodunk has an answer to this question. ePodunk considered the f...
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Monday, April 23, 2007

Latest Local Area Personal Income Data

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Personal income grew faster in 2004 than in 2003 in most of the nation's metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs), according to estimates r...
Saturday, April 21, 2007

American Community Survey: A Resource for You

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Here is a community data source you should know about. The American Community Survey (ACS) is a new nationwide survey designed to provide co...
Friday, April 20, 2007

Blacksburg, Virginia: Getting to Know the Community

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We are all saddened by the Virginia Tech tragedy. Our hearts go out to the students and faculty members killed and injured by this Monday...
Thursday, April 19, 2007

World Cities with Highest Quality of Life

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Zurich (pictured to left) and Geneva are the best cities in the world as far as quality of live is concerned, says Mercer Consulting in a su...
Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Community Profile: Chapel Hill, NC

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Chapel Hill is a town in North Carolina and the home of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH), the oldest state-supported...
Tuesday, April 17, 2007

New Census Report: Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Survey

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Community consciousness depends upon connectivity. Companies located in them and people living in them must be connected to high-powered inf...
Monday, April 16, 2007

Fastest-Growing Metro Areas Concentrated in West and South

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According to population estimates released today for all metro areas by the U.S. Census Bureau, the Atlanta metro area gained 890,000 reside...
Sunday, April 15, 2007

Nonprofit Arts and Economic Prosperity

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First released in 1994 and updated in 2002, Arts & Economic Prosperity II reveals that America's nonprofit arts industry generates $...
Saturday, April 14, 2007

Understanding City Forms: Theoretical Discussion

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According to faculty members at MIT, three core models have given form to cities throughout history. These are discussed below briefly. (Cli...
Friday, April 13, 2007

Economic Development in Tribal Communities

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Here are some key ovbservations from a recent report on tribal entrepreneurship, commissioned by the Northwest Area Foundation. Closing the ...
Thursday, April 12, 2007

Snapshot of Omaha, NE

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Omaha is the largest city in the U.S. state of Nebraska. It is the county seat of Douglas County. As of the 2000 census, the city had a popu...
Wednesday, April 11, 2007

History of West Lafayette, IN

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"In the wilderness days, West Lafayette as it is known today was an entire wilderness. Its tangled forests and undisturbed prairies wer...
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Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Top Retirement Communities

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Bizjournals compared 938 markets in eight statistical categories looking for places where the number of senior citizens is substantial and ...
Monday, April 9, 2007

Profile: Rye, New York

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First Settlement Rye is the oldest permanent settlement in Westchester County. It began in 1660 when Peter Disbrow, John Coe and Thomas Stu...
Sunday, April 8, 2007

Conscious Communities Create Economic Value

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F or some time, I have believed that the model of community economic development must shift to one that speaks more directly to the issue of...
Saturday, April 7, 2007

Beacon Hill Institute Metro Competitiveness Rankings

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The Beacon Hill Institute at Suffolk University prepares an annual report on state and metro area competitiveness. The Table to the left id...
Thursday, April 5, 2007

The Three Qualities of "Conscious Leadership"

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C onscious communities need 'conscious' leadership. What is conscious leadership? According to Farr Associates , a executive and or...
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Wednesday, April 4, 2007

Douglas County, Nevada: Smart Growth Debates Continue

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Creation of the hotly debated growth cap in Douglas County, Nevada has development and environment interest groups locking horns. The Count...
Tuesday, April 3, 2007

Could a Community Happiness Index be Possible in the Future?

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How many of you recall a parent telling you when you were a child that the most important thing in life is to be happy? I certainly do, and ...
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