2026 CDS Annual Conference: Grid

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Welcome Reception 6:30pm - 8:30pm

Pre Conference Workshop #1 - Discovering the 21st Century Economic Clusters of Communities/Regions in the U.S.: New Data Products 12:30pm - 3:30pm

Board Meeting (old board) 9:00am - 12:00pm

Pre Conference Workshop #2 - Spiraling up: Looking 20 years back and 20 years ahead 12:30pm - 3:30pm

New and Returning Member Orientation 4:00pm - 5:00pm

CDS Member Networking 5:00pm - 6:00pm

Pre Conference Workshop #3 - Skills for Facilitating Community Development Processes 12:30pm - 3:30pm

Pre Conference Workshop #4- Designed for Success- SCAD as a Community Development Catalyst 12:30pm - 3:30pm

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Opening Session (includes plenary session): Reimagining Community Development: the Cross-Sector... 9:30am - 11:00am

Student Chapter Workshop 7:45am - 9:00am

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Mobile Learning Workshops Pick up and Drop off 11:30am - 4:30pm

Monday Night Event at Starland Yard 5:30pm - 7:30pm

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Bridging Data and Service Learning: Housing Insi... 3:00pm - 3:45pm

Closing the Rural Climate Gap: An Integrated Dev... 3:00pm - 3:45pm

Women-Led Social Enterprises, Community Assets,... 3:00pm - 3:45pm

Community-level Housing Functionality and Recove... 3:00pm - 3:45pm

From Planning to Practice: Launching the Connect... 3:00pm - 3:45pm

Navigating cultural currents: Clinicians’ perspe... 3:00pm - 3:45pm

Empowering Youth for Life Beyond Graduation: The... 3:00pm - 3:45pm

Intergenerational Collaboration in Youth Activis... 3:00pm - 3:45pm

Charting Consensus: A Consensus Framework for Po... 3:00pm - 3:45pm

Examining the Rural-Urban Interface in Community... 3:00pm - 3:45pm

Assessing Access to Care in Refugee Communities:... 3:00pm - 3:45pm

Mapping Septic System Vulnerability and Microbia... 3:00pm - 3:45pm

Luncheon and Plenary Session: What’s Next, America? Deliberation, Community Development, and the... 12:00pm - 1:30pm

Awards Banquet & Live Auction 6:30pm - 8:30pm

International Connections Session with the CDS I... 7:30am - 8:15am

From Waiting to Winning: How Communities Prepare for Tomorrow 8:30am - 9:45am

Small Rural Communities Grow Their Capacity to Navigate Change 8:30am - 9:45am

The Role of Civil Society Alliance/Coalition in Enhancing Community Development:... 8:30am - 9:45am

Scaffolding Community Capacity: A Community-First Model of University Engagement 10:30am - 11:45am

Bridging university students to communities across Georgia 10:30am - 11:45am

Student Experiential Learning Through Youth, Community, and Economic Development... 10:30am - 11:45am

Building Cross-Sector Partnerships to Support Recovery in Rural Communities 1:45pm - 3:00pm

Bridging Campus and Community: Collaborative Solutions for Housing Needs 3:45pm - 5:00pm

Citizen’s Assembly for Homelessness Response in a Small City 3:45pm - 5:00pm

CommUNITY and College Partnership: “Where Mountain Creek Flows, Community Grows” 3:45pm - 5:00pm

CDS Membership Committee Meeting 5:00pm - 6:00pm

CDS Program Committee Meeting (all subcommittees) 5:00pm - 6:00pm

Building the Village: Leveraging Cross-sector Relationships for Youth Developmen... 8:30am - 9:45am

Keystone Community Partnerships: Amplifying Youth, Community, and Economic Capac... 8:30am - 9:45am

Co-Creating Success: A Consensus Framework for Youth Impact in Rural Nebraska 8:30am - 9:45am

From Displacement & Absence to Return: Navigating Repair on Portland’s Hill Bloc... 10:30am - 11:45am

Community Resilience: Creative, Cross-Sector Strategies for Equitable Developmen... 10:30am - 11:45am

A Typology of Power in Community Land Trust Governance: Cases from Memphis and S... 10:30am - 11:45am

Navigating Change with Rural Stories and Action 1:45pm - 3:00pm

From Vision to Vessel: Building a Community-Led Ecosystem for Food, Land, and Cl... 3:45pm - 5:00pm

Connecting Producers, Partners, and People: A Rural Success Story 3:45pm - 5:00pm

Community radio as a conduit for community development in South Africa 3:45pm - 5:00pm

A Curriculum for Bringing People, Place, & Systems into Planning for Comprehensi... 8:30am - 9:45am

Collaboration over the Long Haul: Creating and Sustaining the Community Developm... 8:30am - 9:45am

Mapping Regional Community Development Resources: Connecting Communities, Progra... 8:30am - 9:45am

Charting Synergistic Pathways for Increased Water Efficiency in Coastal Georgia 10:30am - 11:45am

Building Safer Public Spaces Through Youth Leadership 10:30am - 11:45am

A Process Model of Cross-sector Collaboration Centered on Public Libraries: Coll... 10:30am - 11:45am

From Cultural Assets to Local Economies: Newcomer Entrepreneurship and Integrati... 3:45pm - 5:00pm

Hawkinsville, Georgia as a Case Study for Community Revitalization Utilizing Uni... 3:45pm - 5:00pm

Navigating Community Currents: What Journal Editors Are Seeing—and Where the Fie... 3:45pm - 5:00pm

Navigating Change: From a Historic District to Building an Urban Homesteading Ne... 8:30am - 9:45am

A Community Capital Development Approach 8:30am - 9:45am

Engaging community in emerging land use planning issues 8:30am - 9:45am

Mapping the Gaps: Navigating Workforce, Geography, and Care Access to Build a Re... 10:30am - 11:45am

Does Place Matter for Caregiver Well-Being? Evidence from Urban and Rural Americ... 10:30am - 11:45am

Measuring Civic Capacity Across Place: How the Civic Muscle Index Identifies Str... 10:30am - 11:45am

A progress report on how community development approaches can help local governm... 1:45pm - 3:00pm

From Global Insights to Local Impact: Community-Centred Infrastructure Governanc... 3:45pm - 5:00pm

Mapping Parks Accessibility: Creating a Policy Taxonomy 3:45pm - 5:00pm

A Tale of Two Counties: A Study of Intersectoral Stakeholders’ Preferences Regar... 8:30am - 9:45am

Childcare Demand Forecast & Market Analysis 2024-2033 8:30am - 9:45am

Arts, Culture, and Humanities as Community Development Infrastructure: Findings... 10:30am - 11:45am

How should we evaluate creative placemaking? Experiences and observations of pla... 10:30am - 11:45am

How Volunteers and Cross-Sector Partnerships at Free, Outdoor Concerts Improve C... 10:30am - 11:45am

Community Currents in Action: Youth-Led Narrative Change for Education Equity in... 3:45pm - 5:00pm

Co-Designing: Participatory planning to rescue communities facing climate migrat... 3:45pm - 5:00pm

An Introduction to the Coming Together for Racial Understanding Curriculum 1:45pm - 3:00pm

Innovating Community Food Access: Placemaking and Positive Youth Development in... 8:30am - 9:45am

Youth Navigating Changes Through Intercultural Dialogue in an International Sust... 8:30am - 9:45am

Bridging Generations for Community Impact: Collaborative Leadership through Yout... 8:30am - 9:45am

Analyzing how James Oglethorpe's Plan for Savannah Implemented the CDS Principle... 10:30am - 11:45am

Great Scot! How I Became a Groupie of Sir Patrick Geddes & What We Can Learn fro... 10:30am - 11:45am

Negotiating Face in Local Deliberative Institutions: How Decisions are Made in O... 10:30am - 11:45am

Exploring the Manifestations of Community Leadership Structures 3:45pm - 5:00pm

Contemplative Practice in Community Development: Reclaiming Contemplation for Co... 3:45pm - 5:00pm

Creating Pathways to Reconciliation Through Incorporating Indigenous Voices and... 3:45pm - 5:00pm

Break: Research Posters, Silent Auction, Exhibit... 9:45am - 10:30am

Break: Research Po...

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Ballroom - Armstrong Center	Classroom 101 - University Hall	Classroom 102 - University Hall	Classroom 103 - University Hall	Classroom 104 - University Hall	Classroom 109 - University Hall	Classroom 111 - University Hall	Classroom 120 - University Hall	Classroom 123 - University Hall	University Hall Lobby

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CDS Annual Business Meeting 8:00am - 9:15am

Luncheon and Closing Plenary Session: Start Here. Grow Here. Stay Here.: Cultivating a Local Ent... 12:00pm - 1:30pm

Cross-Sector Collaboration in Practice: Lessons from a Rural Workforce Initiativ... 9:30am - 10:45am

Community Currents in Times of Disruption: Charting Cross-Sector Pathways After... 9:30am - 10:45am

The Age of Mobility: Bringing Economic Data into the Modern Era 9:30am - 10:45am

The Role of Community Leaders in Building Community Resilience Against Climate D... 11:00am - 12:15pm

Building Trust and Shared Solutions for Flooding, Erosion, and Salmon Recovery:... 11:00am - 12:15pm

Amplifying Voices Through Partnership: A Collaborative Approach to Coastal Resil... 11:00am - 12:15pm

Building Bridges for Child Care 9:30am - 10:45am

Navigating the Waters of Community Early Childhood Care and Education Needs 9:30am - 10:45am

Responding to Community Childcare Crisis 9:30am - 10:45am

Community Leadership Development for Social Change: A Socio-Demographic Comparat... 11:00am - 12:15pm

Community Currents and the Accessibility Spectru... 11:00am - 11:45am

LANDBACK, Federal Indian Policy, and Examples of... 11:00am - 11:45am

Board Meeting (new board) 2:00pm - 3:30pm

Road Closures' Impacts on Locally Owned Businesses 9:30am - 10:45am

Strengthening Cross-Sector Community Collaboration Through Participatory Evaluat... 9:30am - 10:45am

Archway Partnership: An Award-Winning Model that can Work Anywhere 11:00am - 12:15pm

Mentorship and Co-Designing Leadership Initiatives towards Harnessing Youth Coun... 9:30am - 10:45am

A Stone Soup Approach: Building a Stronger Sense of Belonging in Multi-Generatio... 9:30am - 10:45am

Rural Immigration and Community Leadership 11:00am - 12:15pm

Ready or Not, Hyundai is Here: Navigating Growth and Community Change in “Rural”... 11:00am - 12:15pm

Charting Change Together: What Communities Learn When They Ask Newcomers the Rig... 9:30am - 10:45am

Great libraries build communities: How are contemporary libraries collaborating... 9:30am - 10:45am

Cultivating Community Leadership in Southwest Kenya: A Collaborative Training Mo... 9:30am - 10:45am

Navigating Gendered Currents: The Student Women Economic Empowerment Programme a... 11:00am - 12:15pm

Karate sports for the indigenous Hazara Girls’ community leadership and psycho-s... 11:00am - 12:15pm

Rippling out: Experiential learning that impacts students' and communities' view... 11:00am - 12:15pm

Community System Usability: Supporting Entrepreneurs 9:30am - 10:45am

Educational Program Development as Social Entrepreneurship 9:30am - 10:45am

Advancing Nebraska’s Entrepreneurial Ecosystem for Inclusive Community Developme... 9:30am - 10:45am

The Intergenerational Blueprint: Youth-Led Strategies That Close Disparity Gaps... 9:30am - 10:45am

Searching for “Real Community”: The Utility of Marxist Theories for Community De... 11:00am - 12:15pm

Bridging Divides through Skill Development, Education, and Inclusive Community B... 11:00am - 12:15pm

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