1. The Comprehensive Community Development Process According to Jim Capraro CapraroConsulting

2. Inventory of Community Leadership
Citizen/resident leaders
Leaders of agencies, organizations & institutions
Government leader
Private sector leader

3. Engagement of Leaders
Intentional/deliberate relationship creation
Identification of individual leader self-interest

4. Accumulation & Distillation of Learnings
Analysis
Reporting

5. Gathering Leaders
Recruiting new leader presenters
Relational exercise
Reporting findings
Open discussion of meaning (including economy)
Plan/commitment for creation of common vision

6. 2nd round of Deliberate Relationship Creation
Newly engaged leaders – engage others

7. Visioning Session
Citizen/resident, organizational, government, private sector leaders come together
Creation of long term community vision: “What do we want the neighborhood to be when it grows up.”
Creation, and endorsement of a communal vision statement

8. Convene Smaller Planning Body
Create plans that will, over time, accomplish the vision
Recruit leaders/sponsors to implement the plans elements
Begin to seek sources of support
Implement early action projects – “planning while doing” – proving it is more than just talk.

9. Make the Plan Public
Community celebration
Public Rollout Assembly: Gather the “who's who” of government officials, funders, and corporate actors to fill the seats as an audience for the community’s presentation

10. Implement, implement, implement…