Community visioning

Civic Strategies is widely known for our community visioning initiatives. What's different about Civic Strategies' visioning projects?

• These are truly "bottom-up" initiatives—citizen-led projects that involve hundreds of residents and are open to participation and comment. This gives our projects legitimacy in the eyes of citizens.
• They're logical, proceeding from vision meetings to a vision statement, and from the vision statement to a detailed list of action steps. This builds confidence and support from leaders, who can see how the vision is connected to actions—and actions to the vision.
• They're exciting and deeply involving for individuals and communities. In our visioning projects, citizens and leaders glimpse the community's potential and are motivated to work for it. Result: a sense of community cohesion and purpose that can guide decisions for years to come.
• They involve citizens at every step and keep them involved throughout the process, with project web sites, e-mail newsletters, media contacts, e-mail notifications and postcards. Our aim is to create a group of citizens who'll support the vision—and keep leaders focused on implementation.

Bottom line: We offer a process that creates a coherent community vision—with the citizen support to carry it out. To learn more about Civic Strategies' community visioning initiatives, please click here.

Want to learn how we can work with your organization in creating a community vision and strategic plan? Contact us.