Building Communities from the Inside Out
A Path Toward Finding and Mobilizing a Community's Assets
John P. Kretzmann & John L. McKnight
About this resource
The canonical Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) guide — lessons from hundreds of U.S. neighborhoods on mobilizing local assets rather than deficit models.
Our Community Asset Mapping best practice is rooted in ABCD Institute methods. This is the book we would assign to any steward implementing asset-based work.
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Topics
ABCD
asset mapping
community development
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