Prosperous Places | A Community and Economic Development Resource

Help Your Community Prosper

Your cooperative resource & support for community and economic development

Community development is like a team sport, but all too often it is not conducted that way. In sports, winning teams are created by individual players to work together in a culture of shared knowledge and experience. The same concept applies to communities, and that’s why Prosperous Places exist. With all team members working together under a unified vision, your community will prosper.

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Rebooting Local Economies: How to Build Prosperous Communities
A practical guide and toolbox for community and economic development

Janus Forum

Unique peer learning and networking experiences

Consulting

Expert advice and suggestions to help your community thrive

We Help Commuities Thrive

We love to see communities succeed, so the Janus Institute and Rock Paper Scissors created Prosperous Places as a platform for communities, regions, and states to learn from each other and find expert advice.

The Prosperous Places team is here to help communities build a better future by sharing information, strategies, and success stories in community and economic development.

A Few Organizations We've Worked With

Over the years, Prosperous Places professionals have helped all kinds of community and economic development organizations around the world committed to making their communities better places to live, work, and play.

These findings will be influential in reconstructing the department to a level of optimum efficiency and effectiveness. We are confident this process will yield benefits for years to come.

..From the beginning of the process through the presentation of the final report [for the Henderson County Comprehensive Economic Development Master Plan], your proficiency and professionalism were very impressive. Being willing and available to meet with the Steering Committee to discuss concerns identified in the report or to verify information and data helped the final report exceed our expectations. Since contracting with your organization and presenting the findings as outlined in the final report, I am pleased to note that the County Board of Commissioners doubled our funding to assist in accomplishing the goals outlined in the report...I attribute the Commissioners’ support not only to your presentation of the findings but to the quality of the work put into the report.

...Your [Site Selection Workshop] presentation was both informative and insightful. I am convinced that the knowledge gained by participating in your program will prove invaluable to our community’s economic development efforts...Your seminar provided constructive feedback in a controlled and optimistic environment focused on helping our community become both more responsive and more competitive. The program encouraged us to build on our strengths, correct our weaknesses, and will ultimately allow us to more effectively compete for economic development opportunities.