Community Asset Mapping - Seattle

I attended the Community Asset Mapping seminar in Seattle this weekend with 28 neighborhood organizers with a passion to draw on the strengths of the places where they live. The event was sponsored by:

City of Seattle Department of Neighborhoods,
Capitol Hill Community Council,
Greenwood-Phinney Ridge Community Councils,
International District Housing Alliance,
North Beacon Hill Community Council,
and Sustainable Seattle.

Speaker and Facilitators Mike Green and Jim Diers painted a picture of how to create community (relational strength) in neighborhoods. This is a priority application of NeighborhoodsWork workshops and resources. We look forward to working with Mike Green again when we partner together to bring Asset Based Community Development to SEATTLE in August. ABCD gives us the big picture, NeighborhoodsWork goes to work on the streets.

I was inspired once again to join with others in my city and region who care about investing in relational bonds that bring out the best in people and leave a legacy. I met a lot of new friends and then dashed off to a birthday party for my sister who always gives a lot of hugs to my kids.