Affiliations
The following organizations are committed to leadership, collaboration and engagement. We are proud to be affiliated with these organizations at either the corporate or employee level.
PLACEMATTERS
PLACEMATTERS represents a virtual “laboratory,” pushing the bounds of what’s possible and fostering creative collaborations among non-profit, government and business innovators representing an array of fields and disciplines, from planning and design to technology and public policy and beyond. For more information visit: www.placematters.org.
ICMA
Founded in 1914, ICMA (International City/County Management Association) is the premier local government leadership and management organization. Its mission is to create excellence in local governance by advocating and developing the professional management of local government worldwide. For more information visit: www.icma.org.
NeighborWorks America
Together, with national and local partners, NeighborWorks creates new opportunities for residents while improving communities. For more information visit: www.nw.org.
iap2
The International Association for Public Participation, working through its members, helps organizations and communities around the world improve their decisions by involving those people who are affected by those decisions. For more information visit: www.iap2.org.
Public Technology Institute
Through research, focus groups, online discussions, publications, conferences, pilots and demonstrations, and other information sharing vehicles, PTI’s local government and industry members work together to develop and apply technology to the challenges facing communities of all sizes. For more information visit: www.pti.org.
National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation
NCDD envisions a future in which all people–regardless of income, position, background or education–are able to engage regularly in lively, thoughtful, and challenging conversations about what really matters to them, in ways that have a positive impact on their lives and their world. For more information visit: www.thataway.org.
Deliberative Democracy Consortium
The Deliberative Democracy Consortium (DDC) is a network of researchers and practitioners working together to strengthen the field of deliberative democracy. The Consortium seeks to support research activities and to advance practice at all levels of government, in North America and around the world. For more information visit: www.deliberative-democracy.net.
NARC
The National Association of Regional Councils (NARC) serves as the national voice for regionalism by advocating for regional cooperation as the most effective way to address a variety of community planning and development opportunities and issues. For more information visit: www.narc.org.
AMPO
AMPO is a nonprofit, membership organization established in 1994 to serve the needs and interests of "metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs)" nationwide. For more information visit: www.ampo.org.
