Community Heart & Soul Stories

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…

Community Heart & Soul towns across Maine are gaining attention! Maine Municipal Association, the organization serving local governments in the state, featured several municipalities’ adoption of Community Heart & Soul…

Community Heart & Soul® is a resident-driven process that makes room for everyone who wants to be involved in a community. Volunteers are vital to Community Heart & Soul, which…

Shelburne, Vt. (March 27, 2024) — In a joint effort to bolster small cities and towns in Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho, Community Heart & Soul and Innovia Foundation are…

Passing through this South Carolina town, one might only see shuttered mills. But stopping to meet the people, and listen to their stories, one will find a town that’s actively…

New Yorkers have a certain bold energy and efficiency that is striking, and not necessarily NYC-centric. It is exciting to witness that sense of purpose in action. Which makes the…

Shelburne, Vt. (December 6, 2023) — Building on the state’s success with Community Heart & Soul, a process for engaging residents in charting the future of their communities, South Carolina…