Since 1955, Beach Cities Health District (BCHD) has provided health and wellness services to the residents of Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach and Redondo Beach. Health care districts were founded in California during the late 1940s in response to a lack of medical services in rural areas.

State legislature passed the Local Health Care District Law authorizing communities to form special districts that built and operated hospitals and health care facilities. BCHD once ran the former South Bay Hospital. We currently focus on keeping people out of hospitals through a variety of preventive programs.

For more information, please visit http://www.bchd.org

The Cities and Buildings Database is a collection of digitized images of buildings and cities drawn from across time and throughout the world, available to students, researchers and educators on the web.

Begun in 1995, the collection was conceived as a multi-disciplinary resource for students, faculty, and others in the academic community. It has grown steadily since then, with contributions from a wide range of scholars, and now contains nearly 10,000 images ranging from New York to Central Asia, from African villages, to the Parc de la Villette, and conceptual sketches and models of Frank Gehry’s Experience Music Project.

For more information, please visit http://content.lib.washington.edu

GeoDataSource.com is a division of Hexasoft Development Sdn. Bhd., a software company established since 2002. Their mission is to deliver high quality data, software solutions and services but at lower total cost of ownership (TCO). The company began with its flagship data products to enforce the quality of geographical database and futher enrich it to be available to public.

Their parent company, Hexasoft, has evolved into a worldwide renown corporation with different organizations in programming, marketing, sales, technical support, research and development, quality assurance and distribution. They have been helping their customers to understand their customers, market segments and improving competitiveness.

For more information, please visit http://www.geodatasource.com

The River Cities Rideshare program began as a collaboration between Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization and the Alamo Area Council of Governments on May 25, 2007. Understanding the need for affordable and environment-friendly transportation options, Central Texas planners decided to provide one matching service covering 22 counties.

Citizens commuting from surrounding municipalities or between cities now have a one-stop commuting site with free rideshare matching and public transportation information. Since the joint effort began, River Cities Rideshare has acquired several new partners, including VIA Transit in San Antonio and Capital Metro
in Austin.

For more information, please visit http://www.cleanairdrive.com

The Twin Cities Rose Club (TCRC) is a nonprofit organization and an affiliate member of the American Rose Society devoted to the promotion of their national flower, the rose. They accomplish their mission through educational programs, informative meetings, an annual rose show which free of charge and open the public.

They hold annual sales of hardy roses at great discounts and sell rose related products (like cocoa bean hull mulch) to rose growers once a year in April to supplement their low membership dues.

For more information, please visit http://twincitiesrose.org

GeoDataSource.com is a division of Hexasoft Development Sdn. Bhd., a software company established since 2002. Their mission is to deliver high quality data, software solutions and services but at lower total cost of ownership (TCO). The company began with its flagship data products to enforce the quality of geographical database and futher enrich it to be available to public.

Their parent company, Hexasoft, has evolved into a worldwide renown corporation with different organizations in programming, marketing, sales, technical support, research and development, quality assurance and distribution. They have been helping their customers to understand their customers, market segments and improving competitiveness.

For more information, please visit http://www.geodatasource.com

The International Association of Character Cities (IACC) formed in 1998 with a twofold strategy: equipping families to build character and helping communities reinforce character among their citizens.

IACC provides resources, training, contacts, and counsel to leaders who are committed to character development: in themselves, their families, and their communities. View the list of communities who have committed to developing character.

For more information, please visit http://www.charactercities.org

The River Cities Rideshare program began as a collaboration between Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization and the Alamo Area Council of Governments on May 25, 2007. Understanding the need for affordable and environment-friendly transportation options, Central Texas planners decided to provide one matching service covering 22 counties.

Citizens commuting from surrounding municipalities or between cities now have a one-stop commuting site with free rideshare matching and public transportation information. Since the joint effort began, River Cities Rideshare has acquired several new partners, including VIA Transit in San Antonio and Capital Metro
in Austin.

For more information, please visit http://www.cleanairdrive.com

In a world where countries are becoming more and more dependent on each other, and where all desire economic growth, it is the World Energy Cities Partnership’s goal to encourage business development and the exchange of knowledge and support services.

For the cities involved in WECP, their natural primary market sectors are energy and environment-related technology, although the food industry, tourism, and the public sector also are potential sectors for cooperation.

For more information, please visit http://www.energycities.org

The Municipal Research and Services Center (MRSC) is a non-profit, independent organization created in 1969 to continue programs established in 1934 under the Bureau of Governmental Research at the University of Washington. In 1997, Washington counties joined cities in funding MRSC, and in 2007, special districts were added. Their mission is “working together for excellence in local government through professional consultation, research and information services.”

MRSC is governed by a volunteer board of directors drawn from local government and the community-at-large. MRSC does not engage in political activity. They do work in cooperation with the Association of Washington Cities and the Washington State Association of Counties, and the Washington Association of County Officials, advocacy organizations for cities and counties.

For more information, please visit http://www.mrsc.org