The Strong Communities: Engaging Citizens, Strengthening Place, Inspiring Change competition is open to all types of individuals and organizations (charitable and non-profit organizations, private companies, or public entities). We consider all entries that:
- Reflect the theme of the challenge: Strong Communities: Engaging Citizens, Strengthening Place, Inspiring Change. The scope of the competition is to identify innovative projects and ideas that engage citizens to steer change and build strong communities across the United States and Canada. Entries are invited from individuals and organizations.
- Indicate growth beyond the conceptual stage and have demonstrated impact and sustainability. While we support new ideas at every stage and encourage their entry, the judges are better able to evaluate projects that are beyond the conceptual stage and have demonstrated a proof of impact.
- Are located in the United States or Canada.
- Are submitted in English.
- Have NOT received material support from the Orton Family Foundation.
CommunityMatters is interested in solutions from a variety of disciplines including (but not limited to) conservation, planning, economics, politics, education, deliberative democracy and the arts, and especially encourages submission of interdisciplinary approaches. CommunityMatters has a special interest in receiving submissions from young people.
Please complete the entire entry form and submit by August 11, 2010 US at 5:00 PM EDT. All decisions of the judges will be final.
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