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		<title>Sustainable Local Journalism</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[CivicBeat.com offers an economically sustainable journalistic business model for the coverage of the institutions and issues that are a vibrant, local community. Consistent coverage (hence the moniker “beat”) of the local, civic institutions that are the bedrock of our democratic processes.  Reporting on the economies and humanities that form the livelihoods, challenges and passions of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Community Management tools</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[To create efficient, sustainable communities citizens must take an active role.  To do so, they must be consistently and simply informed about the functions of their local government institutions, the economic relationships within their locales and the interests each pursue when free to do so. Institutions function efficiently and in a sustainable manner when there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Informed Citizen Participation</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gutting of many local journalistic businesses left a void in the information available for community resident to maintain and increase an understanding of their local governments and processes. This information deficiency creates knowledge gaps that limit the informed, constructive participation in the local government processes of priority setting, policy creation, revenue collection and disbursement. Imagine [...]]]></description>
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