visioning

San Francisco Great Streets Project believes that livable city streets are essential to building a strong, welcoming community. By working with government, business, and neighborhood leaders, the Great Streets Project actively advocates this mission.

Forterra (formerly Cascade Land Conservancy) creates prosperous, vibrant communities and conserves natural and working landscapes in Washington’s central Cascades and Olympic regions.

Working with local and national organizations as well as individuals, the Vermont Natural Resource Council works to protect and restore the natural lands and habitats throughout the state.

With the goal of reducing poverty in small rural towns and reservations in Montana, Horizons works with communities struggling with economic decline to create lasting positive change.

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.

In the summer of 2007, the City of Dawson Creek British Columbia started a movement to engage youth in planning for the future. Many young people shared ideas, concerns, and visions and created a Youth Guide to help more young people join the effort.

Victoria, British Columbia’s prioritized participation in its comprehensive plan update, engaging more than 6,000 citizens through a variety of creative events and techniques.

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 “Vision Vessel” was a portable, multimedia booth set up in the city of Portland, Oregon to provide a space for residents to voice their ideas and record their comments about the city as it grows and changes in the 21st century.

When exponential growth and development threatened the quality of life in Bend, Oregon, residents banded together with the city and Steven Ames Planning to create a visionary plan that would protect the unique community character they cherished.