This workshop will address Community Currents: Navigating Change Together by providing a hands-on workshop centered on applied tools for the community development process. The agenda includes the following components: o Overview – framing community development as a process o Asset-Based Community Development—Asset Mapping as an applied tool for community assessment o Data applications: • How to find and build on reliable data • Basics of economic impact analysis and interpreting multipliers • Data for decision-making—facilitating dialogue, using data as a tool • Understanding considerations in data collection and partnerships o Facilitating dialogue for the community development process o Sharing resources to bring folks together and facilitate effective processes The workshop will connect to sub-themes of charting cross-sector pathways, connecting across rural-urban divides, balancing preservation and progress, and navigating generational partnership. The workshop instructors are collaborators across the United States working with the Southern Rural Development Center.
