News & Views

We’re collecting your stories! Our first outing was to the Rosendale Farmers Market to collect people’s thoughts on “Postcards to Rosendale.” It was more even successful than we expected! People really enjoyed sharing with us, we met lots of new folks. We are planning to attend more at outdoor events […]

How We Get Things Done – Update Updated: Jun 21, 2023 Here’s our updated organization map. As you can see, there’s room for more folks to be involved in this exciting and fun community project. As we move into Phase 2 we will be adding lots of story gatherers, and story […]

Call for Local Support – May 2023 Pledge Drive! You are Invited to Support Rosendale Heart & Soul in our Mission To help shape the future of Rosendale by actively seeking the collective wisdom of all. Our Goals Why This, Why Now? What’s Coming Up? How Do I Learn More […]

Community Heart & Soul Success Stories Explaining what Rosendale Heart & Soul is can be difficult, because the process begins with questions – who lives, works and plays here? what do we care about? what can help make Rosendale a better place? It’s the answers those questions that provide the […]

How We Get Things Done To organize our group and meetings, we have chosen to practice sociocracy. It’s a newish form of governance, and it’s both inclusive and decisive. Check it out at these links:

RH&S Backstory Rosendale Heart & Soul is a grass roots community project begun in summer of 2022 based on Community Heart & Soul, a time-tested program developed by the Orton Foundation. The process is designed to nurture authentic vibrancy in our treasured town and to enable us to decide together […]

What’s a Hamlet? Do you know that the town of Rosendale has 14 hamlets? From the fascinating Rosendale Wikipedia entry: Engaging people in all the hamlets will be an important part of the Rosendale Heart & Soul program. Which hamlets do you live, work and play in?

Following is a summary of the Rosendale Heart & Soul program that will take place over the next two years. Everyone is looking forward to beginning Story Gathering, we have a bit more organizing to do first.

Rosendale Heart & Soul Mission and Goals 11/22/22 It is truly exciting to see our new organization taking shape, meeting by meeting! We’ve accomplished quite a bit lately. We’ve opened a bank account at Ulster Credit Union, and our first funds are soon on the way, thanks to Community Heart […]