Building Community Leadership: Our June Special Offer

Communities across the country are reeling from the economic challenges they face. Development applications are down, and some local projects are on hold, but planning departments are finding creative ways to use this precious time to engage commissioners, prioritize longer-term planning, and think strategically about the future. One critical element of successful community development is the identification and cultivation of tomorrow's community leaders. Now might be a great time to think about finding and engaging community advocates and your next generation of planning commissioners

Building Community Leadership is a 13 page collection of the following articles from the Planning Commissioners Journal; available only as a .pdf download. The Challenge of Change -- How to deal with change is a question planning commissioners in just about every community face. But innovative ideas can be difficult to introduce without the active involvement of commissioners, elected officials, and members of the public. Developing Community Leadership -- The role that leadership training can play in developing community leaders. Building an Educated Community -- What caused community leadership to flourish in one small city. Finding Community Leaders -- Leadership, an intangible hard-to-describe thing, is a key ingredient to a strong community ... and can come from unexpected places. Community Leadership & the Cincinnati Planning Commission -- A look back at how the citizens of Cincinnati made history nearly 100 years ago. Getting Power by Giving It Away -- How a planning commission can strengthen its leadership role by empowering citizens to find solutions to difficult issues. The Next Generation of Your Planning Commission -- Is your planning commission positioned to deal with not just today's issues, but tomorrow's? That may well depend on whether you've taken steps to involve the next generation of planning commissioners. Lighten Up -- If you take the opportunity to engage your community in stimulating and enjoyable ways, you can find a receptive audience and reap positive results.

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