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When Damariscotta residents came face-to-face with a community-changing development proposal, they used Heart & Soul Community Planning to identify common values and adapt to growth without losing local character and traditions.

Capture Wales is a BBC award-winning digital storytelling project that ran from 2001 – 2008, collecting more than 600 videos for publication online.

Spurred by a tragic fire in which much of the Island’s recorded history burned to the ground, the Swan’s Island Memory Project aims to revive recollections of the small Maine Island through recorded histories and historical photographs.

The Fairfield City Council and numerous partners enlisted the University of Northern Iowa’s (UNI) Institute for Decision Making to conduct a comprehensive planning process for the City based around five core community values.

Drawn by the striking landscapes and open space, people are flocking to Victor, whose population since 2000 has swelled by 73%. Residents are now using Heart & Soul Community Planning to build bridges and hold on to the town’s unique character.

(PARK)ing Day is an annual one-day global event during which community members transform parking spaces and parking lots into temporary parks and public spaces.

This Emmy Award winning documentary series, run by the New York Times, shares the lives of everyday New Yorkers through pictures and audio, allowing locals to tell their unique stories in their own words.

For Grand Valley’s 20/20 community visioning endeavor, area municipalities hired James Kent Associates (JKA) to perform a visioning process to identify strategies for achieving the vision and to consider specific actions relevant to each strategy.

Golden Vision 2030 is a comprehensive visioning plan that engages a broad spectrum of the community to deeply explore the City’s character, strengths and opportunities for change, with a focus on planning at the neighborhood level.

Mapping Main Street is a collaborative documentary project that compiles multimedia contributions recorded by volunteers on actual Main Streets throughout the United States in an effort to capture the unique and varied nature of each street.