Partners' Community Technical Assistance program is designed to support public/private partnership in goal setting and visioning to help design action plans and to assist civic leaders in implementation.
For over 40 years, Partners has helped client communities improve their quality of life, and bring about better living conditions, economic expansion, and social growth. Partners believes that a high quality of life is the foundation for creating safe neighborhoods, satisfied residents, and business investment.
The Community Technical Assistance Program offers guidance on becoming more livable places. Partners comes to you and provides the training, stimulation, brainstorming, and the process of how to go from planning to action for your community problem solving. Partners works with a wide body of civic leadership, including local governments and elected officials, chambers of commerce, community developers, cultural organizations, and community-based organizations.
Download the Community Technical Assistance Guide to learn more.
Technical assistance can be provided on a wide range of topics such as:
- Leadership and Visioning Training
- New Roles for Traditional Institutions
- Health and Wellness in a Caring Community
- Charrettes on Community Development
- Aging in Place
- Mobilizing Culture to Build Community
- Arts, Culture and Youth
- A Community Checkup: A Comprehensive Strategic Review of Your Community
- City Resilient
- Smaller Community Assistance
Since 1977, Partners has been involved in amenity development strategies and downtown redevelopment all around the country.
- Charlotte, NC: Partners was involved in citywide integration of successful cultural programming and the development of ImaginOn, a combination library and theatre for children. Partners also brought over 300 people to Charlotte in its 2006 “Cultivating Creative Communities: Local Solutions for Global Success” conference that addressed the future of Amenities, Creativity, Equity, and Sustainability in urban and community planning.
- Indianapolis, IN: Partners aided Mayor Peterson of Indianapolis in creating a major cultural tourism initiative, with over $20 million in funding dedicated towards cultural institutions such as the Children’s Museum, the Museum of Art, and the Indianapolis Zoo.
- Kansas City, MO: Partners has been involved in the development of the 18th and Vine district, including through the American Jazz Museum, the Negro League Baseball Museum, and the adaptive reuse of the Attucks School, and in an aggressive marketing campaign to brand “KC” for the new millennium.
- Louisville, KY: Partners has been involved in the creation of the eMain District, the Extreme Skateboard Park, and in centering the city as an example in creative leadership for the New Economy.
- Marquette, MI: Partners aided Marquette in efforts to increase employment opportunities, appeal to young professionals, and develop a marketing agenda for the county.
- State of Maryland: Partners main collaborations with the State of Maryland include their Smart Growth Initiative, led by Partners’ trustee Parris Glendening, and the Arts and Entertainment District Bill, for which Partners developed a comprehensive strategy for this tax incentive-based districting process.
- Rochester, NY: Partners has coordinated with Rochester on its Rochester ARTWalk, the Neighbors Building Neighborhoods initiative, and in researching adaptive reuse in African-American neighborhoods around the country for the city. Partners has also explored with RIT President Al Simone ways that the University can play a larger role in community economic and social development.
- St. Louis, MO: Partners has worked with St. Louis on a number of cultural programs and has close ties with the St. Louis Regional Chamber and Growth Association and the St. Louis Downtown Partnership in their redevelopment of downtown for residential and mixed-use development.
- San José, CA: Partners and the City of San Jose collaborated on a new Strategic Plan for Parks and Community Facilities and Programs, including a public engagement process to determine needs in these areas
- Ventura, CA: Partners coordinated with Ventura to host a planning charette on the future of downtown development, which resulted in plans for a Cultural Arts District, a Downtown District, and Infill Housing