Grassroots
Town
Planning
Involve Everyone
What Matters Most
Play the Long Game
Who We Are
We are enthusiastic Rosendalians. We are your neighbors and friends. The mission of Rosendale Heart and Soul is to engage the people of Rosendale in shaping the future of our town. We seek out the full diversity of people who live, work and play in Rosendale and together employ our collective wisdom to envision and plan for the future.
What is Rosendale Heart & Soul?
It’s grassroots town planning – by Rosendalians for Rosendale. It’s an activist program developed by the national nonprofit organization Community Heart & Soul. We think their model is a great fit for Rosendale!
Involve Everyone
We begin with census data to ensure that each person has the opportunity to take part. Everyone who lives, works, or plays in Rosendale can take part, including businesses and local government.
What Matters Most
Trained community volunteers gather stories and interviews, share them among the community, glean what’s most important, and collect action ideas based on our collective genius.
Play the Long Game
Action ideas are developed into an action plan. Businesses and government are cultivated to help bring the plans to fruition. Citizen stewardship is instituted.
Heart & Soul Statements – aka What We Think of Us
Since Rosendale Heart & Soul started, interviews and postcards were gathered from residents, leading to the development of Heart & Soul Statements that identify what matters most and reflect what they love about Rosendale. After refining these draft statements and getting approval from the residents, R H&S and the residents develop action plans to guide future town planning based on these Heart & Soul Statements.
Read the draft statements.
Questions? Reach out to us!
Rosendale Heart & Soul is an equal opportunity organization. We shall not discriminate and will not discriminate in employment, recruitment, Board membership, advertisements for employment, compensation, termination, upgrading, promotions, and other conditions of employment against any employee or job applicant on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, or for any other discriminatory reason.