| Sumario: | Part of a special issue on developing new leadership and models for community civic renewal. In the city of Atlanta, Georgia, partnerships of local neighborhoods and major corporations, working through The Atlanta Project (TAP), are joining resources with residents to implement community objectives and priorities on a scale and in ways never previously attempted in a U.S. city. This collaborative process rejects the traditional “top-down” corporate philanthropy approach to community revitalization in favor of an empowerment model that places ownership, decision making, and responsibility at the community level. The origins of TAP, corporate involvement in the program, the rationale behind this corporate involvement, and The America Project, which highlights components of the corporate-community partnership model, are discussed.
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