townwide

Across entire settlement

Townwide means extending throughout or affecting an entire town.

A townwide power outage leaves everyone in the dark.

Townwide elections involve all eligible voters in the municipality.

The word functions like citywide or nationwide but for smaller communities: The townwide cleanup brought out hundreds of volunteers.

scope

boroughwide

Across a whole borough

communitywide · countywide · regionwide · sweeping · comprehensive · extensive · broad · expansive · all-encompassing · universal

civic

council

Advisory deliberative group

  • mayorElected head of municipality
  • ordinanceOfficial government regulation
  • zoningSectioning areas by use

referendum · election · meeting · hearing · initiative · vote · policy · resolution · bylaw · mandate

events

festival

Organized public celebration

cleanup · fundraiser · gathering · picnic · carnival · bazaar · commemoration · ceremony · cookout · potluck

community

residents

People living somewhere

businesses · organizations · churches · schools · volunteers · participation · involvement · unity · solidarity · cooperation

services

infrastructure

Basic physical systems

recycling · transit · parking · streetlights · sidewalks · roads · sewers · water · electricity · garbage

Opposites
geographic scope

townwidelocalized

Restricted to one place

individual · statewide · regional · nationwide · countrywide

Family

town, wide, towns, townsman, townsmen, townspeople, township, townships, downtown

Familiarity
Top 500,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G