If you have that you have a head start. Being willing to understand the changes and replace old out-dated ideas with new ones that work is essential if a community is to succeed. The world is undergoing a very fundamental transition in how it works. The opportunities for a community are very different than they used to be. How a community finds and takes advantage of those opportunities has changed.
Successful communities have action plans based on purpose and vision to guide community work.
This work moves the community toward greater quality in how it fulfills its purpose. These action plans are derived from a vision of where the community wants to go and what it wants to become. The true power and potential of a community rests with the people who live there. Communities that are energized and have successfully encouraged wide participation in the community s work are successful in any way you can mention. The planning process a community uses should have as its primary purpose the energizing of the community and the catalyzing of the community to action.