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What is a Healthy Community?
A healthy community is one where people have good physical and emotional health. But this is more than just the absence of illness. A healthy community promotes well-being and offers a high quality of life. Healthy communities can be measured along five dimensions which contribute significantly to people’s ability to thrive.
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Vision for a new form of democracy in Takoma Park in 2021
Takoma Park will formulate a new model for democracy. We will connect people and empower them to solve problems. We are already moving in this direction, and in coming years we will create urban agriculture and food cooperatives, local sustainable energy and recycling industries, and will foster new enterprises that use information and technology. We [...]
CHEER’s Seven Steps to Community Change