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JUNE 2003
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| Alliance Activities |
Hold the Dates for the Next National Stewardship Forum
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November 6-7, Boston,Massachusetts
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 The Alliances next National Stewardship Forum will be held in Boston, Massachusetts on November 6-7, 2003 at the historic Parker House Hotel, located downtown. The November Forum will address the theme of Large-Scale Collaboration among state agencies, regional planning bodies, civic organizations, and institutions of higher learning. Given the compactness of the host region, a sub-theme of this Forum will be the importance of seeking strategies for understanding and addressing urban neighborhood problems in the context of the broader and powerful metropolitan forces that drive them. We are planning some minor adjustments to the program structure intended to maintain momentum and participation throughout the entire 1-1/2-day conference, so watch for announcements. Early bird registration will begin in July and a preliminary agenda with invited speakers will appear in next months newsletter.
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Alliance to Study Innovations of Regional Business-Led Civic Organizations
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Partners include the Metropolitan Leadership Network (MLN) and FutureWorks
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 In partnership with the Metropolitan Leadership Network (MLN), the Alliance for Regional Stewardship and FutureWorks will conduct an in-depth analysis of the operations and achievements of business-led regional civic organizations in 30 major metropolitan areas in the United States, as well as Ottawa and Toronto in Ontario, Canada. The project will produce a portrait of the innovative practices employed by business-led civic organizations to improve the economic, spatial and social conditions in their metropolitan regions.
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| News You Can Use |
California Regional Network Launched in Sacramento
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California Civic Entrepreneur Summit held in early June
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 Formation of the California Regional Network, consisting of 22 regionally based civic organizations working to improve Californias economy and quality of life while enhancing social opportunity, was officially announced at the sixth annual Civic Entrepreneur Summit, held earlier this month in Sacramento, California. The Civic Entrepreneur Summit is organized by the California Center for Regional Leadership (CCRL), a statewide nonprofit group founded in 2000 to support, facilitate and promote innovative regional solutions to major economic, environmental and social challenges confronting California. The regional organizations or regional collaboratives (RCs) that make up the California Regional Network act as conveners and coordinators of community initiatives and participatory governance within their regions. A voluntary association supported and facilitated by CCRL, the Network enables member RCs to share resources and assist one another in building consensus and developing collaborative strategies. The objectives of this new network are introduced in detail in California Regional Network: Regions Working Together for a Better California which may be viewed in pdf format and printed by pointing your browser to www.calregions.org/pdf/crnpub-regionsworking.pdf
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| Regional Exchange |
Regional Profile: The Urban Affairs Center, University of Toledo
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Toledo, Ohio
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 In profile is the Urban Affairs Center (UAC) at the University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio. The Center is an applied research unit of the University of Toledo and a member of the Ohio Urban University Program, whose mission is to support efforts to enhance the quality of urban life with an emphasis on the northwest Ohio region. UAC pursues its mission by combining its resources with those of the University of Toledo, the Ohio Urban University Program, and appropriate community partners to identify issues, needs and problems facing the region. For more information on the Urban Affairs Center, please visit their website at .
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| Publications and Media |
REVIEW: Living, Leading, and the American Dream
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By John W. Gardner, Edited by Francesca Gardner, with Foreword by Bill Moyers and Afterword by Brian OConnell; Jossey-Bass Publishers, San Francisco, 2003, 272 pages (hardbound, $25.95).
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 John W. Gardner, Americas mentor or as Brian OConnell puts it in his Afterword, the nations teacher was a guiding force in the development of the Alliance for Regional Stewardship. A collection of his most important essays has now been assembled by his daughter and published in a new volume: Living, Leading and the American Dream. This book is essential reading for regional stewards who want to understand the principles that guided John W. Gardners public career, as well as the core values behind the emerging regional stewardship movement. To order Living, Leading and the American Dream, go to www.josseybass.com/WileyCDA
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REVIEW: Greater Phoenix Regional Atlas
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Released by Greater Phoenix 2100, Tempe, Ariz., 2003, 70 pages ($20).
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 Greater Phoenix 2100, a project of Arizona State University, has released the Greater Phoenix Regional Atlas: A Preview of the Regions 50-Year Future. Printed in large, road atlas format and employing regional maps to present data on population growth, housing costs, commute times, racial-ethnic distributions, water supply, and many other topics, this attractive, full-color publication illustrates how regional indicator data might be used to focus citizen attention on cross-cutting, inter-jurisdictional issues and, perhaps, stimulate constructive public dialogue and action. To order, contact: , Tempe, AZ 85287-3211; voice /fax ; .
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