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  • Love Your Block
    Guiding Opportunities

    Bringing resident voices into Opportunity Zone development

    Experience Matters

    Engaging citizens ages 50+ to alleviate poverty

    Resilience AmeriCorps

    Working with vulnerable communities to build resilience

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  • Announcing the 2021 Love Your Block Grant Winners
    Watch: Experience Matters Helps Older Adults Share Insights and Skills
    Watch: Love Your Block Increases Civic Pride in Hartford
    How Creative Placemaking Supports Artists and Small Businesses in DC
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  • A Practical Guide to Engaging Volunteers Aged 50+ Online
    Making the Most of Experience
    2021 Urban Institute Love Your Block Study
    Citizen Engagement Techniques
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Resources

Cities of Service resources provide step-by-step guidance for city leaders and citizens who would like to build comprehensive service plans and/or implement a particular citizen engagement initiative in their city.

Citizen Engagement
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Technique

Prototype
Citizen Engagement
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Technique

Before You Begin Checklist
Citizen Engagement
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Technique

Solution Narrative
Citizen Engagement
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Technique

How Might We
Engaged Cities Award
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Blueprint

Incredibol! Blueprint
Engaged Cities Award
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Case Study

Budgeting for Outcomes

Fort Collins, Colorado

Engaged Cities Award
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Case Study

Transforming an Abandoned Mine into a Community Park

Hamm, Germany

Engaged Cities Award
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Case Study

Unleash Your Geek

San José, California

Engaged Cities Award
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Case Study

Crowdsourcing a Constitution

Mexico City, Mexico

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