We are Officially a Heart & Soul Community 1/11/22

Published January 18, 2024

We are Officially a Heart & Soul Community 1/11/22

We are now on Community Heart & Soul’s website!

What’s a Hamlet?

What’s a Hamlet? Do you know that the town of Rosendale has 14 hamlets? From the fascinating Rosendale Wikipedia entry: Engaging people […]

Published January 18, 2024

How We Get Things Done

How We Get Things Done To organize our group and meetings, we have chosen to practice sociocracy. It’s a newish form of […]

Published January 10, 2024

Happy 2024!

Reflecting on the richness of 2023, we find ourselves brimming with optimism as we enter 2024! Throughout the past year, we had […]

Published January 18, 2024

Postcards to Rosendale

We’re collecting your stories! Our first outing was to the Rosendale Farmers Market to collect people’s thoughts on “Postcards to Rosendale.” It […]

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Involve Everyone

We begin with census data to ensure that each person has the opportunity to take part. Everyone who lives, works, or plays in Rosendale can take part, including businesses and local government.

What Matters Most

Trained community volunteers gather stories and interviews, share them among the community, glean what’s most important, and collect action ideas based on our collective genius.

Play the Long Game

Action ideas are developed into an action plan. Businesses and government are cultivated to help bring the plans to fruition. Citizen stewardship is instituted.