Leading Together Series
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MassINC documents how collaborative partnerships are building capacity and making change in Gateway Cities.
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 The Gateway Cities Innovation Institute, a program of Massachusetts-focused think tank MassINC, released a series of articles about collaborative leadership in “Gateway Cities,” the commonwealth’s small older-industrial communities.  This series features case studies of successful collaborations, with a particular focus on emerging patterns of leadership as local economies have changed. read more

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Self-Interest
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Concepts from the field of community organizing can be useful for leaders hoping to build momentum to make change in their communities. 

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Community organizing is the process of bringing people together to make systemic change, which is ultimately what leaders in small legacy cities are seeking to do as they work to build up their community’s capacity to prosper in the twenty-first century economy. read more

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Civic Capacity Roundtable Key Findings
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Key-Learnings on Civic Capacity from a Roundtable of Experts and Practitioners

Greater Ohio Policy Center, in partnership with the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, convened a roundtable of experts and practitioners to discuss building civic capacity in smaller legacy cities. Many of the resources in the “building civic capacity” and “encourage a shared vision” sections were uncovered during that roundtable or provided by roundtable participants [a full list of whom are listed in the acknowledgements section]. read more

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Asset-Based Community Development Institute
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Asset-based community development (ABCD) is a model for community empowerment and change that is focused on building and leveraging capacity in disinvested neighborhoods.

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ABCD approaches communities with the belief that all places – even those that have experienced disinvestment – have significant assets in the form of their people, associations, and institutions. ABCD seeks to shift the focus away from neighborhood deficits in order to empower residents to strengthen and leverage their assets to make positive change. read more

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The Four Types of Placemaking
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In the report “Definition of Placemaking: Four Different Types,” MSU Land Policy Institute’s Mark Wyckoff details what placemaking means and the variety of its interpretations. 
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Placemaking  – creating interesting places where people want to spend time – is a proven economic development strategy, but is often an amorphous concept.  The four types of placemaking outlined below all focus on creating an authentic sense of place, but differ in how they achieve those results. Knowing the different types of placemaking strategies will allow local leaders to choose the correct method for their communities. read more

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