The Success of Bemidji Leads! has transformed our region with the
formation of the Stewardship Academy – a function of the Headwaters
Regional Development Commission (HRDC).
Successful Communities Are
Built, Not Born
What makes communities successful has
changed dramatically over the past decade. Evidence shows that now,
more than ever before, successful communities can be built. In fact,
it has become evident that those assets that lead to successful community
development are, indeed, not inherited. Great communities are not
born. They are built. In other words, the characteristic assets of
a successful community can be created, developed, and encouraged.
Community
Development Starts Here
The Center for Community Stewardship helps
to jump-start community development by empowering its most powerful
asset — its leaders.
Experience shows successful communities
share two common traits: they’ve
found a way to harness their community’s energy and passion,
and they’ve
come to realize that the only way to community success is for the
entire community to work together.
The CCS is now ready to replicate
the stewardship experience in communities throughout the upper Midwest.
Successful communities can be built, and every community has the
leadership it needs to get there. It just requires the right coaching.
Our guides can show you the way.
