New Internet Magazine on Community Development

The enterprise foundation, a neighborhood-renewal group, has put a new on-line magazine on its World-Wide Web site to highlight people and organizations that are actively involved in community development.

The December issue of horizon includes interviews with Beverly Sills, chairman of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York, and Rep. Elizabeth Furse, Democrat of Oregon and a long-time peace activist.

The purpose of the monthly magazine is “not really to preach to the choir but to engage other people who travel around on the Web in thinking about what they could contribute to their communities,” says Sandra Gregg, a foundation spokeswoman. “We want to pull them in by telling them stories about celebrities who are doing interesting things in their communities, as well as telling stories about the little person who doesn’t get enough recognition.”

The foundation, located in Columbia, Md., helps non-profit organizations and local governments improve poor neighborhoods by financing low-cost housing and by teaching people how to be civic leaders.

Regular features in the magazine include the horizon poll, in which people are invited to vote on a hotly debated issue, such as affirmative action or housing rights for the poor. “Take Action” is a section that shows readers how they can get involved in their neighborhoods by listing ideas and by spotlighting what others are doing.

To get there: Using World-Wide Web software, type http://www.horizonmag.com