What's New at "A Good Community"
Here are the most recent important changes to our website, including new articles, visitor questions, and editors' answers. You'll also find links to significantly revised pages and time-sensitive or short items we want to bring to your attention. Sometimes we also add short items of interest, especially time-sensitive notes about conferences, webinars, or seasons.
Holiday decorations stay up too long
Visitor Question: We have a problem in our smaller city with people leaving their holiday decorations up for way too long. For example, as I am writing
What can we do about a problem gas station
Visitor Question: Our neighborhood is experiencing a crisis because we are so very tired of a service station half a block from my house where every kind
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Why is a fire damaged house taking so long to demolish
Visitor Question: A house down the street caught on fire, and because nobody was around at the time, it was burned really badly. Clearly it cannot be repaired
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Can emphasizing historic events lead to town revitalization?
Visitor Question: Our community is a little bit divided over how much we want to call attention to certain historic events that occurred at different places
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Learn to Manage the Challenges, Topics, and Concepts of Community Work
When you understand the community challenges, common topics, and concepts that will make volunteering more rewarding
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What to do about feral cats
Visitor Question: My very small town, population around 300, is being overrun with cats that are not taken care of. Some call them feral cats. I don't
How a neighborhood association can build a coalition
Visitor Question: Our neighborhood association does not seem to be getting very far with city hall. We want them to pay more attention to our issues. Some
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Renter involvement in the neighborhood
Visitor Question: We seem to have a great deal of difficulty in involving any renters in our neighborhood association and meetings. They are always welcome,
How Can We Prevent Catastrophic Flooding?
Visitor Question: I'm finding what happened in Asheville, North Carolina in Hurricane Helene to be truly horrifying. As a minor official in my home community,
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Parking for a small business district
Visitor Question: We have a nice business district of maybe five good blocks of small, mom and pop, mostly locally owned businesses and restaurants. We
Adaptive Reuse Sometimes Yields Spectacular Results
Adaptive reuse, or converting old buildings to a new use, is an attractive means of adding distinctive and marketable housing or business to a community.
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21 Government Housing Assistance Programs for You or the Community
Learn how each major government housing assistance program can help you find solutions for your community.
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Tips on How to Organize a Neighborhood Parade
Understanding how to organize a neighborhood parade will save you lots of aggravation. We share our experience about what you need to consider.
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Winter Newsletter Ideas for Neighborhoods and Homeowner Associations
For fresh winter newsletter ideas or prompts for your social media during colder months, this page provides some useful cues.
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