Why We Need Civics
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…
Education doesn’t have to be one of Florida’s defining fault lines
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…
Pensacola Quality of Life Survey 2022- Targeting Civic Challenges
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,…
Reimagining and Measuring the Civic Commons
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…
Civic Spaces and Community Centered Tech in Miami
Community-centered technology can power the future of public spaces
Civic Tech Equity meets Civic Space- Miami’s Underline Park
How Miami’s new linear park is using ‘community-centered technology’ to bridge the digital divide
Collaboratory: “Solve all of the problems in Southwest Florida on an 18-year deadline.”
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…
Suncoast Region Recognized with National Civic League “All America Cities” award
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…
When Suncoast Community Works Together Great Things Happen
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.…