Appreciative Inquiry (AI) is a community process and methodology focused on positive change and identifying community assets. AI can be adapted for use in a wide range of community events, projects, and long-term planning processes.
Asset mapping is a positive, realistic and inclusive tool for mobilizing community resources. It is the process by which the assets of a community and the capabilities of its constituent pieces are inventoried.
Big Box Evaluator is a web-based, interactive resource for citizens and government officials who want to know more about the potential positive and negative impacts of “big box” retail stores on local communities.
Using the Box City curriculum, participants construct buildings and cities out of boxes to learning about planning and land use or explore what they want for their town.
A Capacity Inventory stems from the philosophy that the strength and character of communities are built on the individual capacities of community members. These Inventories identify the talents, assets, and resources available within them.
Pioneered in Snoqualmie, WA, the Character Impact Assessment process is used to assess the potential impact of development proposals on community character.
A Geographic Information System (GIS) software program for mapping, measuring, and analyzing the storm water, summer energy savings, carbon storage and sequestration, air quality, and wildlife of urban ecosystems.
The Common Ground process is based upon a Venn diagram, in which two individual entities overlap slightly; the process focuses on identifying and using those areas of overlap in viewpoints, rather than creating consensus or resolving differences.
The Orton Foundation believes that a shared sense of community is built through citizen interaction. This is why the Community Almanac was created; a place on the web where communities can share stories about the heart and soul of their hometown.
The Community Capitals Framework is a conceptual model for evaluating the overall health of a community and its capacity for community and economic development. The framework is based on successful communities that focus on seven types of capital.
Tool Type:
Comprehensive Process
Keyword(s):
built capital,
community health,
cultural capital,
entrepreneurial community,
financial capital,
human capital,
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natural capital,
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