a group of Internet users with a shared interest or concept who interact with each other in newsgroups, mailing-list discussion groups, and other online interactive forums
Wiktionary Definition for: Community
group of people sharing a common understanding who reveal themselves by using the same language, manners, tradition and law. (see civilization)
commune or residential/religious collective
the condition of having certain attitudes and interests in common
(Ecology) a group of interdependent plants or animals growing or living together.
PIKEVILLE, Ky. -- Community Trust Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: CTBI) is pleased to announce that it has completed its acquisition of Heritage Community Bank of Danville, Kentucky. On June 10, 2005, Heritage Community Bank was merged with Community Trust Bank, Inc., the bank subsidiary of Community Trust Bancorp, Inc. All former...
EL PASO, Texas, May 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas Community Care, a subsidiary of Arcadian Health Plan, has provided Medicare Advantage plans for the El Paso community for three years. Although their business is healthcare, Texas Community Care's local involvement goes beyond serving that one section of the community.
PIKEVILLE, Ky. -- Jean R. Hale, Chairman, President and CEO of Community Trust Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTBI) and William Ruth, Chairman of Heritage Community Bank of Danville, Kentucky are pleased to announce that they have entered into a definitive agreement for the acquisition of Heritage Community Bank by Community Trust Bank,...
United Community Banks, Inc. (NASDAQ: UCBI) today announced it will participate in the Community Bank Investor Conference in San Francisco on February 22. The conference is hosted by America's Community Bankers.
LOS GATOS, Calif. -- LiveWorld, Inc. (Pink Sheets:LVWD), a leading online customer community agency, announced today that Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc., (NASDAQ:GMST) has selected LiveWorld's Community Center as the community platform for its newly redesigned site, launched this month at www.tvguide.com
This report provides a toolkit of standardized measurement tools for assessing various aspects of community food security. It includes a general guide to community assessment and focused materials for examining six basic assessment components related to community food security. These include guides for profiling general community characteristics and community food...
WHAT: ETS and Mercer County Community College will sign a three-year agreement to collaborate in the development and pilot testing of assessment and instructional solutions for community colleges. It is the first...
This paper develops a new method of identifying activities that should qualify as community benefits and of determining a benchmark for the amount of community benefits a nonprofit hospital should be expected to provide. It then compares estimates of nonprofits' current level of community benefits with benchmark and shows that...
Improving the status of a community, at large, is the first and foremost aim of a professional. He/she is committed to use the knowledge he/she has acquired to further the cause of the community. The feeling of brotherhood binds the professional to the community he/she serves and motivates the professional...
When a syphilis outbreak takes place in the community, most often the state or local health department will execute a communication plan to inform key segments of the community about the issue. But as an organization supporting the Syphilis Elimination Effort SEE, what should one do or how can one...
This report, a quarterly feature of Community Banker, summarizes the ACB Market Maker Group's quarterly conference call. The Market Maker Group is primarily made up of analysts that follow community bank stocks. These conference calls are also open to community bank members of America's Community Bankers. The focus of these...
This Guidance for HIV Prevention Community Planning defines the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's CDC expectations of health departments and HIV prevention community planning groups CPGs in implementing HIV prevention community planning. The HIV Prevention Community Planning Guidance provides a blue-print for HIV prevention planning and provides flexible direction...
IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that its developer community has grown at an unprecedented rate this year, with nearly 1,700 worldwide developers joining its growing community per day. Throughout the year, developerWorks noted several trends, as illustrated by the high demand for content and community-based resources. Java, Service Oriented...
GREENWOOD, S.C. -- Community Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: CPBK) today announced that its stock has been added to the America's Community Bankers NASDAQ Index (NASDAQ: ACBQ). The index includes more than 525 community banks with a market capitalization of nearly $220 billion.
This paper aimed to provide a model for the development of a community owned, grid connected renewable energy business, which can be applied to other RE initiatives. These aims were met in part, but due to the short timescale, were found to be very ambitious. A number of salient lessons...
NEW YORK -- MetLife Foundation today announced that it will contribute grants totaling $500,000 to support community colleges in meeting the educational needs of their communities. E[acute accent]The goal of the MetLife Foundation Community College Connection Program is to stimulate novel, interesting and creative approaches to education on and off...
Community Bancorp (NASDAQ: CBON), the bank holding company for Community Bank of Nevada and Cactus Commerce Bank announced today the resignation of Director Charles Norton from the Community Bancorp and Community Bank of Nevada boards of directors. Mr. Norton cited a desire to more actively focus on family in...