The City of Grand Rapids, in collaboration with CEOs for Cities and Local First, plans to unveil MyGRCity Points, an innovative web-based incentive program for community engagement, during Earth Week (April 16-22). The program will encourage personal community contributions through a point system that rewards discounts at local businesses.…

The Knight Foundation and Gallup Consulting have just published their Soul of the Community research.  The purpose of the study was to understand what drives "engagement" or commitment to community and how each of Knight's communities ranked on "community citizen engagement" or CCE. 

Several findings stand out.  Aesthetics…