Browse Content: Resource, project design & management

The Heart & Soul Community Planning Implementation Guides provide resources for taking action on issues, including issue introductions, methods, case studies, and policy examples.

A comprehensive guide providing a detailed description of and tools for community visioning, a process that seeks to capture and communicate the priorities of all community members in order to influence future land use and planning decisions.

The Community Heart & Soul™ Field Guide is Orton Family Foundation’s guide to its tested and proven method of community planning and development.

One of the most important aspects of Heart & Soul Community Planning, this chapter on Outreach and Communications explains how to reach out to the entire community to foster effective relationships and discussions.

A database of community planning methods, scenarios, projects and further resources, this website hopes to provide accessible, universal advice to a diverse range of community members and encourage more widespread involvement in planning initiatives.

The Issue Guide Exchange is a free, online resource available to anyone using broad-based, inclusive dialogue to address important and controversial current issues. The Exchange allows people to download or create resources, and interact with users.

This chapter in the Heart & Soul Community Planning Handbook explains how the Heart & Soul Community Planning process differs from other planning programs and how it can help engage residents and allow towns to identify and protect what matters most.

This chapter in the Heart & Soul Community Planning Handbook describes the steps and resources necessary to design a community planning project that fits the needs of your community.

A qualified coordinator is vital to the success of Community Heart & Soul™. The coordinator must be mindful of far more than project management, and he or she will do more than coordinate.

With examples and tips for forming an effective team, this resources provides a community with the tools to assemble a team to guide their Community Heart & Soul™ project to successful completion.