Feature Story:

Leading from the Ground Up:
How Civic Institutions Can Play a Pivotal Role in Improving Communities


Ice skating at the Hotel de Ville ("City Hall") in Paris.

Partners for Livable Communities talks with PPS about how cultural institutions--museums, churches, libraries, public buildings, colleges and arts organizations--are reaching beyond their walls to work with communities.

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