Community Heart & Soul Stories

Postville, Iowa residents embrace their motto ‘Hometown to the World’ by being intentionally welcoming and working to write their city’s narrative of a brighter future today. A reality in Postville,…

EngagingCities promotes outstanding work by their network of planners and changemakers, who actively involve their community in creating better places and a brighter future. On Fireside Chats we talk to…

Tucked up against the New Hampshire border, the Town of Pepperell, Massachusetts, is quintessential New England, with a 250th birthday celebration in the works for 2025. A mix of fields…

The United States has recently seen large shifts in population across the country, with some municipalities growing at dramatic rates, while other municipalities lose population, sometimes at alarming rates as…

Shelburne, VT (August 15, 2024) – In an effort to strengthen small cities and towns in Lake County, Indiana, Community Heart & Soul and Legacy Foundation are partnering to provide…

Shelburne, VT (July 30, 2024) – The Community Development Society (CDS) and Community Heart & Soul, a nonprofit organization building stronger, healthier, and more economically vibrant small cities and towns…

The International City/County Managers Association (ICMA) is the leading association of professional city and county managers and other local government employees. In the latest issue of their monthly publication, PM…

Creating lasting impact by leveraging the Community Heart & Soul® process, the Findlay-Hancock County Community Foundation draws outside grant dollars into the communities they serve. The Findlay-Hancock County Community Foundation’s…

The We Question & Learn (WQLN) interview program heard Sundays at 4 p.m., monthly, on WQLN Radio 91.3 FM is dedicated to being a community interest program devoting an entire…

Shelburne, VT (May 1, 2024) – In a collaboration focused on strengthening small cities and towns in Montana, Community Heart & Soul and the Montana Community Foundation are broadening the…