Community Development

The work of strengthening the places we share.

Reflections and perspective drawn from Millicent's work as a community development professional. Honest notes on what it takes to build with, and not just for, a community.

Perspective

Why trust is the infrastructure nobody talks about

Every lasting community project rests on a foundation that rarely appears in any budget. On why trust takes so long to build, and so little time to lose.

Insight

What measuring progress in community work actually looks like

Numbers can tell part of the story. The rest lives in the conversations you cannot put in a report. On holding both kinds of data honestly.

Notes

The room that changes everything: showing up before the work begins

The most important meeting in any community initiative often happens before anyone calls it a meeting. Notes on the work of genuine presence.