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Cittaslow (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Cittaslow, (literally slow town, but rendered into English as Slow City) is a
movement founded in Italy in October of 1999. The inspiration of Cittaslow
was the Slow Food organization; Cittaslow's goals include improving
quality of life in towns while resisting the homogenization
and "Americanization" of cities, where standardized franchise stores
dominate. Celebrating and supporting diversity of culture and the
specialities of a town and its hinterland are core Cittaslow values.

Cittaslow is part of cultural trend known as the slow movement.

Cittaslow is expanding outside Italy. As at January 1 2006, national
Cittaslow networks exist in Germany, Norway and the United Kingdom;
towns and cities in other countries are working towards Cittaslow
accreditation.

Like Slow Food, Cittaslow is a membership organisation. Full membership
of Cittaslow is only open to towns with a population under 50,000. To
become eligible for membership, a town must normally score at least 50
percent in a self-assessment process against the set of Cittaslow Goals,
and then apply for admission to the appropriate Cittaslow national
network. An annual membership fee is payable by towns.

Another category of Cittaslow membership, that of Cittaslow Supporter,
was agreed during 2005 and is open to public bodies, businesses and
towns that support the Cittaslow aims and goals but that are not eligible
to become Cittaslow in their own right.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cittaslow