Community Heart & Soul Stories

Heart & Soul community Galesburg, Illinois celebrated another successful Railroad Days, June 22-25, 2017. Rebecca Susmarski captured the event in a collection of images. Galesburg Railroad Days 2017 kicked off…

When Cat Ingraham found out about a Community Heart & Soul project in the Bethel, Maine, area, she jumped at the chance to become the project’s coordinator. She was familiar…

Ever go to a farmers market? What comes to mind when you are there? For me, a farmers market conjures up images of fresh local food —and really good food…

Summer brings communities together around fun and engaging events—parades, farmers markets, and concert series, to name a few. As summer kicks off, we’ve highlighted some of our favorites from Community…

This post first appeared on the Successes of Philanthropy blog, a publication of  Washington Monthly. Sustaining Small Town America Small towns learn how to revitalize their communities while preserving what…

  Q & A with Zachary Mannheimer, 39, principal community planner, McClure Engineering Co. Zachary Mannheimer was a featured speaker in our webinar, Creative Placemaking: Economic Development for the Next Generation, co-sponsored…

We recently hosted a Heart & Soul Talk, Stories to Action—How Listening Can Lead to Change, focused on the power of stories to galvanize community action. Our speakers shared compelling…

The story of the discovery of  an 1870s church built by a freed slave in Mount Holly Springs, Pennsylvania, illustrates the power of storytelling to not only illuminate the past,…

If you are anything like me, the words “Town Meeting Day” don’t mean much. Up until this year I had no idea that the state where I live and was…

Bellevue Heart & Soul recently sponsored a workshop and town hall meeting with two local high schools to create a vision for how young people see themselves in the future…