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Community Development

Community Development Tools

Tools for Building Community Development

Knowing the Community
Understanding community assets and capacities

Getting started, getting off the ground
Planning, implementing and evaluating community initiatives

Building Participation
Engaging community members - methods and techniques

Working with Allies, Dealing with Structures
Establishing networks and developing strategies

Working for the Long Haul
Building sustainability in community initiatives

Community Development Society of Calgary & Area

Introduction

Calgary is a city that is growing at a rapid pace, with changing demographics and evolving communities. The challenges that community development practitioners face in Calgary are many: isolation, limited professional development dollars within non-profits and community-based CD efforts; lack of easy access to research and knowledge; new challenges in reaching diverse populations in constructive ways; challenges in how to channel the growing and changing needs of Calgary in a way that builds communities; and challenges in understanding funding priorities and requirements within the Calgary context.

Community developers also face the challenge of maintaining the energy required to provide momentum to community development efforts that are often characterized by high rates of turnover, sporadic skills sets and commitment levels and pressures for immediate outcomes.

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