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A Path to Build Thriving Communities
Get a plan to engage your whole community and take action toward a brighter future.
Making Real Community Impact is a Big Task and Can Feel Overwhelming
We hear from town residents, municipal leaders, and community partners that they are often blocked by:
- Apathy
- Fragmentation
- Lack of engagement
- Inadequate planning
- Poor investment choices
- Minimal follow through
The Good News
The good news is that Community Heart & Soul can help you and your community overcome these challenges to build and maintain a thriving community.
Your town is not just a place. It’s home.
Every town deserves a future shaped by the people who live there. Watch how Community Heart & Soul helps towns take charge, unite their voices, and create lasting impact.
How It Works
At Community Heart & Soul, we have a proven plan to help you bring your community together and make it a place where people love to live—now and for generations to come.
Involve Everyone
Engage people where they already gather—block parties, schools, fairs, and other local events.
Focus on What Matters Most
Turn stories from residents into priorities for the future.
Play the Long Game
Build lasting change with an actionable framework to guide your community for years to come.
Ready to help shape your community’s future?
More than 130 small cities and towns across the U.S. have achieved lasting transformation with Community Heart & Soul.
What Communities Are Saying
We stopped looking for someone else to save us. Instead, we used the Community Heart & Soul process to help us shape our own future. That shift in mindset—focusing on creating a place where residents thrive—has been transformative.”
— Jamie Kinder, Mayor, Meadville, PACommunity Heart & Soul brings an approach to community engagement that digs deeper to ask important questions of residents from all walks of life. Heart & Soul equipped me with new tools and a fresh perspective to ensure that the future of a community is rooted in what matters most to the people who live there.”
— Jenny Robbins, Thomaston, GA
How To Get Started
Download the Community Heart & Soul Intro Book
Our Intro Book is your go-to-guide—it shows you what the program is, why it works, and how to launch it in your community.
Strong Partnerships,
Stronger Communities.
Together, with foundations and nonprofits, Community Heart & Soul is helping transform small cities and towns across America.
Latest News
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