"CommunityMatters ’10 is a unique innovation-action experience—a coalition of leaders, thinkers and doers committed to building strong, vibrant communities from the ground up. Mind-expanding speakers, a multidisciplinary approach and the opportunity to build lasting connections make CommunityMatters’10 invaluable to your life and work.

Come prepared for four days of fresh perspectives, instructive discussions, hands-on experiences, and novel solutions to the challenges facing small cities and towns across America. At the end, you’ll leave with dozens of new ideas and tools, a better sense of where the world (and your town) is headed, a new network of relationships and lasting inspiration to help you create a stronger community and a better world.

What to Expect at CM10:
MEET people from communities across the country who are working to improve their towns;

EXPLORE new and time-tested techniques for citizen engagement, visualization, decision-making, communications and more;

ENGAGE with others to tackle the most important ideas, challenges and solutions facing small towns and communities today and into the future; and

ACT on what you learn by going home with a suite of tools, ideas, connections and inspiring examples to make your community stronger."