Community Development

How do you want to grow your community?

Do you want to enhance the quality of life?  Create more jobs?  Become more self-sufficient?  Grow internal leadership?

NPPhD can help you work toward these goals.  Here are some of our past efforts to help communities identify and meet their needs:


* Facilitated community recreation planning process, including public meetings, needs assessment survey, and facility plan

* Completed wind energy feasibility studies for rural and reservation communities

* Worked with a local group to complete a County Resource Analysis to identify land use patterns, issues, and needs

* Did a needs assessment to identify gaps and potential solutions for regional dental care

* Promoted economic development in six rural counties by doing a random sample telephone survey that identified labor force availability and skills

* Completed a public opinion poll on open lands issues for a suburban community

* Worked with regional leaders to compile information from "visioning" sessions

* Did a random sample telephone survey to identify childcare needs for a low-income community

* Facilitated a process to develop community goals for a rapidly-growing town