Sentence examples for civic effort from inspiring English sources

Historians say the quick resumption of services was a civic effort, helped by the arrival of large numbers of volunteers.

During his tenure, from 1983 to 1991, Mr. McEnery spearheaded an active civic effort to instill San Jose with a vital downtown.

Individual registration is a desirable system in principle, but a massive administrative and civic effort is required to ensure that it provides a more accurate voting roll in practice.

Boston In contrast to Philadelphia, Boston has made an extraordinary civic effort to light up its downtown with the original chandeliers of a number of carefully restored and maintained historic theaters and playhouses, most of them within walking distance of one another in the historic district.

An inveterate walker with a keen eye for all angles of urban life, Leventhal conceived of and led the civic effort to build the garage and park at Post Office Square — now the award-winning and internationally recognized Norman B. Leventhal Park.

Business leaders should demand no less than Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and his civic effort with the Chicago Infrastructure Trust in refusing to tie the city's economic viability to political dysfunction.

His main civic efforts have been against slum landlords.

Military operations aimed at crushing Iraqi resistance were poorly coördinated with civic efforts aimed at encouraging democracy and reconstruction.

As Mr. Shorenstein grew older, he became more involved in civic efforts, donating his time and money to the arts and other causes.

Civic leaders want an e-business scene, just as earlier civic efforts tried to recognize the city's movie, restaurant and film notables.

Residents have initiated a handful of civic efforts since the late 1980's, including a successful campaign to save the local movie house.