community boards
Local advisory panels
Community boards are local advisory bodies that represent neighborhoods in municipal governance, most notably in New York City.
Members typically review land use proposals, monitor city services, and advocate for community needs.
The term also refers to online forums or bulletin boards where people discuss shared interests: I found a great contractor through my neighborhood's community board.
- bylawsOrganization's internal regulations
- meeting minutesFormal record of discussions
- land useHow terrain is allocated
- zoningSectioning areas by use
- civic participationActive role in community affairs
budgeting · town hall meetings · local politics · urban renewal · agenda · collaboration · quorum · public hearings · open mic · petitions · jurisdiction · financial oversight · voting process · constituent services · chairperson · partnerships · district boundaries · municipal services
- social groupsdemographic groups, clan, ethnic groups, age groups, minority groups
- bulletin boardspushpins, thumbtacks, tacks, push pins, corkboards
- communityneighbors, neighborliness, neighborhoods, kinship, mutual aid
- Craigslist sectionsjob listings, real estate, rentals, apartments, housing
- civic engagementcivic engagement, citizen participation, civic participation, civic responsibility, civic activism
- decentralizationdecentralized, distribute, spread, disperse, scatter
community boardsfederal government
Centralized national ruling body
national legislature · Congress · central government · state legislature · federal agencies
community boardsautocratic rule
Governance by unchecked authority
dictatorship · central command · corporate headquarters · military junta · authoritarian regime
community boardselected officials
Leaders chosen by vote
city council · legislative bodies · parliament · congressional committees · lawmaking bodies