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The question to consider for this chapter is how do you as the SCD practitioner successfully facilitate a group of diverse community representatives starting with an agreed vision to reach consensus that will turn ideas into results through an intensive strategic planning process? Once community stakeholders have created a set of objectives aligning with their vision and goals for community improvement and some defined level of sustainability, the community must set about designing a revised organization and structure to move forward with the development of a strategic plan that will minimize chaos and unintended consequences.
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Flint, R.W. (2013). Developing a Strategic Sustainability Plan. In: Practice of Sustainable Community Development. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5100-6_11
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