Three associated websites -
Development organizations HolisticCommunityDevelopment.org
Institutional Framework Development plan OneSpace.org
Local community actions bringing people together
CommunityMagazine.org

Holistic community development is better understood as ideal-concept rather than organizational practice. A holistic perspective recognizes the interdependence of factors—such as social, economic, environmental, and cultural needs—and seeks to create synergies among them, fostering a more resilient, vibrant, and thriving community for all. As practiced, development programs (with a holistic perspective) are effective by focusing on specific issues—collectively, different programs will affect holistic development.

Build Healthy Places Network

Build Healthy Places Network has been a neutral convener bringing together cross-sector partners, providing field-level thought leadership, creating and curating tools and resources, and strengthening collaboration. Through our programs and place-based advisory services, we support multi-sector partnerships that mobilize investments and build community infrastructure to more effectively reduce poverty, improve health, and advance racial equity in urban and rural communities across the country. This strategic balance of field-level and place-based work allows us to learn from communities themselves. We identify what works well, gaps and opportunities, and use our communications platform to lift up and share widely successful approaches for advancing systems change. We work with leading national and regional mission-driven organizations and networks across sectors as well as with local, community-based organizations in low-income and historically marginalized neighborhoods and communities of color. We care about outcomes and impact, and we value and prioritize community leadership.