Resources for People Doing the Work
These tools, frameworks, and conversations are built from real work in real places. Take what's useful. Share what you learn.
Places People Change Resources
This set of resources equips you to build belonging and shared action in your neighborhood. They take you from understanding the case for neighborhood-centered engagement to facilitating it alongside the people who live there, with what you need at every stage of the work.
Quick Start
A free, introductory resource for belonging and shared action
Blueprint
A detailed methodology for community engagement
101 Tools
An action-oriented companion, with ready-to-use tools
| Quick-Start Guide | Full Blueprint | Toolkit | Work With Us | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What You Get | Foundational Concepts | The complete methodology | 101 tools for action | Coaching, facilitation, and on-the-ground support |
| Best For | Orientation | Principles & Strategies | Implementation | Teams ready to go deeper |
| Price | Free | $20 | $35 | Contact us |
| Action | Download | Purchase | Purchase | Get in touch |
Quick Start Guide
What you Get
Foundational Concepts
Beset For
Orientation
Price
Free
Action
Download
Full Blueprint
What you Get
The complete methodology
Beset For
Principles & Strategies
Price
$20
Action
Purchase
Toolkit
What you Get
101 tools for action
Beset For
Putting the framework to work
Price
$35
Action
Purchase
Work With Us
A detailed methodology for community engagement
What you Get
Coaching, facilitation, and on-the-ground support
Best For
Teams ready to go deeper
Price
Contact us
Action
Get in touch
"We knew community engagement mattered, but our attempts always fell short. Places People Change gave us the language and a practical path forward. Anyone doing authentic neighborhood work will find real value here."
— Samantha Shaak, PhD, Executive Director, Leonard Parker Pool Institute for Health
The team behind Places People Change brings hands-on experience in dozens of neighborhoods across the US —founders, executives, practitioners, public health leaders, and creatives who are your co-conspirators in place-based, people-centered change.
Ecosystems of Belonging
Coming June 2026
This White Paper was prepared for The Leonard Parker Pool Institute for Health in Allentown, PA. It explores the social science research on why place-based approaches to social impact must be people-centered. It develops the three dimensions of neighborhood-level belonging as well as a model for cultivating it. It also provides a case study from the Franklin Park neighborhood in Allentown.
Place-Based vs. Based-in-a-Place
Coming May 2026
This excerpt from a white paper developed for an emerging place-based partnership in Sugar Hill, GA. A strong primer on the meaning of place-based social impact, the foundational frameworks that shape it, and the thought leaders advancing the work.
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