This chapter in the Heart & Soul Community Planning Handbook describes the steps and resources necessary to design a project that fits the needs of your community.
This chapter, Designing your Heart & Soul Community Planning Project, lays out the steps and considerations necessary for designing a successful community project. Starting by laying a solid groundwork, a community can then explore theie values and goals, choose a viable plan of action, and monitor the progress, following the four general steps making up the Heart & Soul process. This chapter also provides tips and tools from the Foundation’s on-the-ground experience to help a community find appropriate resources implement their project.
In 2008, the Orton Family Foundation pioneered Heart & Soul Community Planning, a process that has so far been piloted in four communities in New England and the Rocky Mountains.
“This new way of building vibrant and enduring communities is designed to bring citizens back into the process of charting the future of their cities and towns… With the participation of those who live, work and play in a community, a town can tap into its own values to direct growth and change, protecting and enhancing its heart and soul.
The Foundation is currently in the process of developing a H&S Handbook that describes the entire process, first explaining the reasoning behind Heart & Soul Community Planning, then walking through the steps to achieve an inclusive, enduring, long-term community plan. With detailed descriptions of new tools and methods and examples from on the ground, this handbook is a resource for planners and citizens alike.
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