2015 Honda Civic LX in Charlotte, NC 28273

I Want A Karmann-Ghia, But I Need A Honda Civic! What Car Should I Buy?

Aaron lives in the DC area and loves classic cars with a bit of character, but what he needs is a sensible commuter car with decent gas mileage and can seat four. He is having trouble reconciling those two choices. What car should he buy?

The Evolution Of The Honda Civic Type R Shows How Wild Car Design Has Become

Many of us are quite excited about the new Honda Civic Type R: the latest incarnation of the unhinged, raw id of the Civic. There have been Civic Type Rs for 20 years now, and watching how they’ve developed gives a pretty remarkable look at how car designed has evolved. I’m not exactly sure where it’s going, but it’s getting there fast, on fire, and screaming.

Toward Place Governance: What If We Reinvented Civic Infrastructure Around Placemaking?

Governance, whether formal or informal, strong or weak, top-down or bottom up, has great potential to redefine and refocus itself around Place.

How Libraries Are Becoming Modern Makerspaces

They’ve long served as communal gathering spots, but these civic institutions are becoming gateways to technological tinkering.

Why Princess Charlotte Is Always Wearing Dresses

Knight Foundation: Trends in Civic Tech

Civic leaders, organizations, funders and citizens increasingly recognize the power of technology to connect people, improve cities and make government more effective. A new report from Knight Foundation offers a first-of-its-kind analysis of the emerging civic tech landscape, including investments being made in this growing field and the organizations behind them.

CivicCon launches Center for Civic Engagement to turn good ideas into action

CivicCon is launching the new Center for Civic Engagement, a resource center focused on empowering citizens to create positive change.

How schools are elevating civic instruction and readiness

States and districts are working to prioritize civics by setting definitions and standards and making civic engagement more relevant to students’ lives.

How to Foster Civic Engagement in the Age of Twitter

Too often community engagement can be seen as an afterthought, carried out in a dull and unengaging way. But does it always have to be this way? In...

How to Teach Your Kids to be Civic-minded

Are children taught to be civic-minded, or are they born that way? Learn five ways that parents can raise kids to give back to their communities and others.

Charlotte Drinking Water: How Safe Is It?

As a consumer, you need to learn what you can do to make Charlotte drinking water safer. The good news is that some of these actions are free and simple!

How do you promote civic engagement through design?

The Center for Active Design releases "Design Guidelines for Robust Engagement," a guide to promote strategies cities can use to build civic engagement.

Engines of Change: What Civic Tech Can Learn from Social Movements

What can Civic Tech Can Learn from Social Movements? Check out the report.

What Every NC Driver Needs to Know about Field Sobriety Tests

When you are pulled over by an officer who suspects you have had too much to drink, you may be asked to leave your vehicle so you can take a field sobriety test. What exactly is a field sobriety test? Do you have to take it? What happens if you don’t? What happens if you do? An FST is just one request that can be made of you if you’re pulled over, but it’s a big one. In this post, we’re going to…

77s are showing up all over Charlotte. What do they mean?

The mysterious numbers are popping up across Charlotte. We don't know what they're for, we just hope it's something cool.

Why Not Soothe Your Baby With the Sweet Sounds of a Honda Engine?

If you’ve ever driven a baby around town simply because parking would mean waking her, then you know the power of a car’s ability to knock a kid out.

The New Civic Type R Will Be Great, but Will It Be A Honda?

I don’t know about you guys, but Honda’s news that not only are they making a new Type R, but that it will be coming to the United States, is pretty exciting. The new Civic Type R features way more horsepower, way faster Nurburgring times and way more of everything really.

Civic NationVoice: How One Courageous Act Can Set A Culture Change In Motion

Stepping in takes courage, but it doesn’t take being a superhero. Stepping in looks different for every person—it can mean speaking up, distracting, or calling for help, or it can mean reshaping our culture to one of support instead of harm or apathy. But even these simple acts take courage.

Why We Need “NOVpartisan” Instead of “Nonpartisan” Civic Media