Conventional wisdom tells us Floridians are too polarized to make progress on education, let alone for people with different views to see and hear one another. But I’m certain there’s…
Richard Haass, author of “The Ten Habits of Good Citizens,” suggests we’re failing to teach what it means to be American and that “our civics deficit” can jeopardize the future…
Rich Harwood who will present in a FCA Webinar on Feb. 22, 2023 (Register here:https://floridacivicadvance.com/events/) has an opinion piece in the Tallahassee Democrat “Conventional wisdom tells us Floridians are too…
Every year, an annual Quality of Life Survey in Escambia County and Pensacola is a chance to understand how residents feel the community is faring on key issues like public safety,…
Leading edge civic leaders across the country are innovating new and better ways to design, operate and manage public spaces in order to deliver social, economic and environmental benefits for…
Community-centered technology can power the future of public spaces
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As it nears the quarter-century mark, the nonprofit formerly known as the Southwest Florida Community Foundation is poised for a moonshot. Over an image of the historic, once-segregated 1924 Atlantic…
The Suncoast Region of Florida – encompassing Charlotte, DeSoto, Manatee and Sarasota counties – is a region marked by incredible diversity of multiracial and multilingual rural, suburban and urban communities…
Rich Harwood recently penned a piece in the Sarasota Herald Tribune on working together to solve community problems. “Instead of getting stuck on divisive issues, people focused on their shared aspirations.…