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AHEC/Community Partners
A Massachusetts-based non-profit working to increase collaboration within and between communities, to build citizen participation, and to improve community quality of life.

Assets Based Community Development Institute
Established in 1995 by the Community Development Program at Northwestern's Institute for Policy Research, ABCD's purpose is to proliferate the findings of John Kretzmann and John L. McKnight's two decades of research on capacity-building community development. To this end, a major focus of the ABCD Institute has been the production of resources and tools for community builders involved in the process of capacity-based initiatives, helping them identify, nurture, and mobilize neighborhood assets.

Coalition for Healthier Cities/Communities
Designed to engage citizens and organizations nationwide in dialogues leading to action on what works for building healthier communities.

Colorado Healthy Communities Initiative

The Community Tool Box
Practical guidance for improving community health and development.

The Healthcare Forum
The Healthcare Forum aspires to create healthier communities by engaging leaders in building new visions and models of care for individual, organizational, and community health.

International Healthy Cities Foundation
A site where people interested in addressing urban and community issues along with concerns with health and quality of life issues in their communities can join and share information.

Partners for Livable Communities
Partners for Livable Communities is a national, nonprofit organization working to restore and renew our communities. Partners has over twenty-five years of experience in solving community problems by providing information, leadership and guidance that help communities help themselves.

National Civic League
National Civic League (NCL) is a 107-year-old nonpartisan, nonprofit organization headquartered in Denver. Best known for the annual All-America City Awards, NCL also works directly with communities to foster cross-sector collaboration and grass roots problem solving.

Pan American Health Organization: Healthy Municipalities and Communities
PAHO/WHO develops and strengthens regional networking activities and encourages sharing of knowledge and experiences between municipalities and countries. Website available in both English and Spanish.

Sustainable Communities Network
Linking citizens to resources and to one another to create healthy, vital, sustainable communities.