About CommunityMatters '10
It’s 2010. Your community has never faced more pressing issues, and it has never had a better opportunity to solve them. Whether you’re struggling with empty storefronts, changing demographics, or the loss of local character, your challenges matter. Whether you have years of experience or you’re just starting out, your ideas matter. And whether you’re working in a mountain town in the Rockies, a booming suburb in the heartland, or a rural village in the Northeast, your community matters.
Why Come to CommunityMatters'10®?
CommunityMatters ’10 is a unique innovation-action experience—a coalition of leaders, thinkers and doers committed to building strong, vibrant communities from the ground up. Mind-expanding speakers, a multidisciplinary approach and the opportunity to build lasting connections make CommunityMatters’10 invaluable to your life and work.
Come prepared for four days of fresh perspectives, instructive discussions, hands-on experiences, and novel solutions to the challenges facing small cities and towns across America. At the end, you’ll leave with dozens of new ideas and tools, a better sense of where the world (and your town) is headed, a new network of relationships and lasting inspiration to help you create a stronger community and a better world.
What to Expect at CM10
MEET people from communities across the country who are working to improve their towns;
EXPLORE new and time-tested techniques for citizen engagement, visualization, decision-making, communications and more;
ENGAGE with others to tackle the most important ideas, challenges and solutions facing small towns and communities today and into the future; and
ACT on what you learn by going home with a suite of tools, ideas, connections and inspiring examples to make your community stronger.
What people had to say about CommunityMatters'07:
"It was great to connect with other practioners who are asking the same questions and working on creative options. As with last year's Conference, I left feeling energized and inspired."
"Smart folks taking on big, important challenges."
"I've been to a lot of very good conferences and this was right up there with the best of them."
"CommunityMatters is helping to build a network that matters, because it's based around people and places."
