Community Development
com·mu·ni·ty de·vel·op·ment
" a process where community members come together to take collective action and generate solutions to common problems.1
“Community development involves changing the relationships between ordinary people and people in positions of power, so that everyone can take part in the issues that affect their lives. It starts from the principle that within any community there is a wealth of knowledge and experience which, if used in creative ways, can be channeled into collective action to achieve the communities' desired goals.”2
When community development is practiced by organizations and businesses, the process is powerful and the results are limitless. This isn’t just a theory; it’s what we do.
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“Excelsior College had the privilege of working with Lissa D’Aquanni on a very important project, the development of a customer service credo that would serve as the foundation for all interactions with enrolled and perspective...
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Lissa D’Aquanni, Principal Lissa D’Aquanni Lissa has more than 20 years of experience in community-focused economic development. She has conducted strategic planning, business planning, project development and management, grant writing, campaign development and implementation, culture...
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Is there a project or issue that you think we may be able to assist you with? Let us know and we’ll tell you whether it’s in our wheelhouse. If not, there are other highly-qualified...
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Sheridan Hollow Commons – a community greenspace In 2002, Lissa purchased and rehabbed an abandoned building, 540 Delaware Avenue in Albany, to create a home for her expanding business, The Chocolate Gecko, as well as...
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