For National Community Planning month, we focus on creating successful comprehensive plans that residents feel a sense of ownership about and have a stake in the outcomes. On this call, you’ll hear from three planners who got residents involved through the Community Heart & Soul model. Learn how community engagement leads to meaningful comprehensive plans that align vision and actions based on what matters most to residents. Speakers: --Jane Lafleur, Heart & Soul coach and principal, JB Lafleur Consultants Jane provides community development, planning, citizen engagement and civic leadership training and educational programs throughout Maine and the U.S. Jane received the Professional Planner of the Year award from the Maine Association of Planners and the Northern New England Chapter of the American Planning Association in 2015. --K. Dana Hanley, community development director, Essex, Vermont. Dana played a key role in the development of the Essex comprehensive plan, which received Plan of the Year Award in 2016 from the Vermont Planners Association and Northern New England Chapter of the American Planning Association. --Angela San Filippo, long-range planner, Ellensburg, Washington Angela is spearheading Imagine Ellensburg, a comprehensive plan update using the Community Heart & Soul model. Ellensburg is in the process of evaluating options and reviewing recommendations for the plan, with a goal to have it adopted by the end of this year. --Fran Stoddard, moderator A national award-winning producer of video programs, Fran produced and hosted Vermont Public Television’s weekly “Profile” interview program for more than a decade. She frequently serves as moderator for community events and has served on numerous non-profit boards. This FREE event was recorded on 2-3 p.m. Eastern, Thursday, October 19, 2017. Follow along with our Google Doc: http://bit.ly/2w7hsvD. Heart & Soul Talks features stories and insight from Community Heart & Soul®, a community development model that builds stronger, healthier and more economically vibrant small cities and towns. Learn more at orton.org.