Studies on the Impact of Storytelling on Community Planning:

Capturing Community Memory with Oral History and New Media

Relying on Ourselves, The Spirit of Rural Community Development by Nelda K. Pearson: a section on the role of storytelling in community development in rural Appalachia

Story Examples

Kodja Place Stories, Australia

MAP Memory and Place, Melbourne Australian ACMI

Skohegan Revitalization Project:  schools and community partnering to engage youth in revitalization efforts

The PlaceMeant Project in Ukiah: mapping local stories and collaborating with a local theater company

Saving the Sierra:  stories about the local

The Organic City Project: capturing people's stories of downtown Oakland, California

Meadowlark Institute creates stories to use as springboards to community dialogues and planning for the future

Expressions of the Land: a project to research local views on land-use

Holding Up the Memories  by Jonathan Young, a project to capture the voices of Kentucky

Common Ground: story capturing two sides of rural development

Alberta Community Walk

Chris Maser  True Community is Founded on a Sense of Place, History and Trust

Examples from Heart & Soul Communities

Resources from Orton: Why Storytelling and Storytelling Planning

Community Almanac

Damariscotta Community Conversations Flyer