Recently I have been thinking a lot about the sustainability of initiatives such as Asset Based Community Development and Community Connecting. At the Reinventing Quality conference in Baltimore a few weeks ago I had an opportunity to hear from so many people ...

Recently I was working in Central Wisconsin and the group I was working with suggested we take a break for lunch. They gave me a menu to look at and said we were going to place nearby, “The Daily Grind.”  My hosts suggested that we call our order in, as t...

Just getting back from a a wonderful week in Vancouver, British Columbia. I visited many community gardens that had been recently built in neighbourhoods across the city. A group, PosAbilities that is exploring ways to connect the assets found in this great ci...

Thank you Vanessa and Big Footprints! The new hand outs look incredible. Trying them out in Vancouver this week!

Small Potatoes, a strangely sentimental exhibit at Thunder-Sky Inc., is like a heapin’ helping of Grandma’s comfort food. It’s unapologetically lumpy, undeniably homemade and served without fancy presentation but with a whole lot of love.  Even those ...

A Guest Post by our friend April Doner. From This Week in Sarasosta It’s the season for red cellophane heart-shaped boxes, romantic dates and love letters. In the spirit of the season, I decided to put my feelings for my greatest local “paramour” into ...

Have you ever been to a place where it just feels wonderfully good to spend time there? I am thinking of places that offer an open sincere welcome, and possess such a sense of warmth and open energy that it feels great just to be there. In my neighborhood I ...

Join Westwood Works as we answer the question: “Who are the people in your neighborhood?” Westwood Community Potluck Supper When: Saturday February 18, 2012 from 6pm-8pm Where: Westwood United Methodist Church (located at 3460 Epworth Ave, Cincinnati, Ohio...

I have been struck over the past year over the power of an invitation. Invitations can come in many different forms. The invitation does not have to be to some type of formal event, which we often correlate with an invitation such as to my niece’s First Comm...

Magical….. is word that comes to mind after spending time at the Children’s Garden in Sarasota. It is very much off the beaten path but filled with a pirate ship, performance stage, dragons, fort, pond and so much more. What are the magical places ...