print email comment close @grass-roots.org URL: http://www.grass-roots.org/ Description: "Telling the stories of the nation's most innovative grassroots programs," @GRASS-ROOTS.ORG focuses on community improvement orchestrated by ordinary citizens. The accounts of these acts of voluntarism are organized geographically, breaking the continental U.S. into six regions: The Northeast , The South , The 'Rustbelt,' The Great Plains , The Rockies , and The Far West . Created by journalist Robin Garr, author of Reinvesting In America , the site contains many links to national and worldwide organizations dedicated to improving communities through innovation, empowerment, and fostering self-reliance. Author: Garr, Robin Extra Keywords volunteer Library of Congress Subject Headings: Community development -- United States Voluntarism -- United States LII Database Information: Record 12432 created by Jack Albrecht on 04/15/2001 Last modification on 04/27/2001 Published: 04/15/2001   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/12432