Under the leadership of the Board of Trustees, Partners for Livable Communities has embraced a range of quality of life concerns through a broaden definition of livability and has undertaken multi-year national initiatives to implement this goal. The national initiative programs involve the participation of cities, counties and states as community laboratories, providing technical assistance and networking services to the communities and giving Partners insight and information to shape its ongoing programs and services.

Three of our current national initiatives are: The Creative City, Culture Builds Communities and Aging in Place. In past years, Partners’ multi-year national programs included: The Economics of Amenity, Shaping Growth in American Communities and Community Futures.