Community Heart & Soul Stories

In the next Heart & Soul Minutes video, Susan Lessard, Town Manager of Bucksport, Maine shares how Community Heart & Soul guides town decision making. Susan Lessard was born and…

In the next Heart & Soul Minutes video, hear from Sheila Tjaden, Jones Regional Medical Center and Heart & Soul Champion in Monticello, Iowa shares how communities can use Heart…

In the next Heart & Soul Minutes video, hear from Gary Wilson, Board Chair for The Findlay-Hancock County Community Foundation in Findlay, Ohio and Community Heart & Soul Champion, on…

This is the first video in our Community Heart & Soul Minutes series. Hear from Alice Trowbridge, former Community Heart & Soul Project Coordinator for Heart of Williamsport, Williamsport, Pennsylvania…

NEW GRANT PROGRAM TO REVITALIZE U.S. SMALL CITIES AND TOWNS COMMUNITY HEART & SOUL® ANNOUNCES $10K SEED GRANTS SHELBURNE, Vt. (February 10, 2021)—Community Heart & Soul today announced its new…

About this Event Our first free Getting Started with Community Heart & Soul Virtual Workshop Series, started September 29, 2020. This five-part series prepared participants to get started with Community…

#1 There is no such thing as the “general public”. Know who your community is (demographics, stakeholders, networks) and how they get their information. This knowledge is the foundation for how…

Start with People “Start with People” was the theme throughout the 2019 Community Heart & Soul Coach & Champion Gathering. Here’s a look at how that theme developed during the…

The challenges facing small Iowa towns seem to multiply with each passing year. These challenges are not unique to Iowa and Community Heart & Soul, a small and rural community-focused…

To make progress in ending the opioid epidemic the stigma around addiction needs to be lifted. That was the message from Tina Stride, founder of The Hope Dealer Project, and…