Cohousing-L Mailing List: New Internet Resource for Community Revitalization

[Graham Meltzer (g.meltzer]

The following message has been widely distributed to several lists, but not
yet cohousing-l to my knowledge. 
I imagine it has relevance and trust that my forwarding it doesn't breach
ettiquette.

Cheers
Graham Meltzer

> 
>NEW INTERNET RESOURCE FOR COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION
>*And an Invitation to Contribute*
> 
>Millennium Communications Group has recently developed an Internet site for
>its report, "Communications as Engagement: a Communications Strategy for
>Revitalization."
> 
>"Communications as Engagement" was commissioned by the Rockefeller
>Foundation as a key component of its The Common Enterprise initiative.
> 
>The Millennium Report aims to:
>1.  Provide an understanding of the variety and focus of the actors in the
>community revitalization "movement" in the country today;
>2.  Explore the role and potential of communications in revitalization;
>3.  Create a template or "architecture" for a data base on revitalization
>initiatives.
> 
> 
>The online version of the Millennium Report includes a browsable listing of
>more than 235 organizations that have established themselves as effective
>community-building initiatives.
> 
>--We are *especially* interested in finding out more about the utility of
>the Internet for generating discussion, building lists of allies and
>supporters, and growing the knowledge base of a nationwide
>community-building "movement."
> 
>To this end, we invite your comments and suggestions about the content of
>the Report and the concept of Communications as Engagement.  We also seek
>additions to the Resource Listing.  We will keep interested parties and
>relevant discussion groups apprised of new findings.
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>--TO GET THERE:
> 
>*World Wide Web URL:  http://cdinet.com/Millennium
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>*Gopher server:  gopher.cdinet.com, directory=Millennium, Port=70
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>*Anon. FTP:  host=ftp.cdinet.com, directory=Millennium
> 
>NOTE: Millennium is spelled with two "l"s and two "n"s.
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> 
>The site is by no means in its final form; we expect it to change and grow
>better and more complete as people contribute their observations and ideas.
> 
> 
>If you have a forms-capable Web browser, the Communications as Engagement
>site will accept your comments and suggestions online.  If you wish to
>contact us via email, our address is mllninc [at] clark.net.
> 
>We hope that you find "Communications as Engagement" as exciting to read as
>we found it exciting to research and produce.  We look forward to hearing
>from you as we tap into and develop the enormous vitality and energy of
>those involved in the new community revitalization movement.
> 
>Liza Poinier
>mllninc [at] clark.net
>Millennium Communications Group Inc.
>1150 18th Street NW, 8th Floor
>Washington, DC 20036 USA
>Tel: 202-778-1456
>Fax: 202-872-8845
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