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*"Charting the Future of Our Community"*
	Charting the Future of Our Community is a tool that local citizens can use to build consensus for planning their community's future. The program brings community leaders and interested citizens together who are willing to commit time and energy toward discovering their vision and a plan of action to achieve it. CHARTING involves four sessions in which citizens and community leaders create a workable plan of action for enhancing the quality of life in our community.
Overview of Charting
Program materials (in PDF format)
Participant Workbooks
	Setting Our Course Workbook 1 Cover
	Where We Are Workbook 2 Cover
	Where We Want to Be Workbook 3 Cover
	Making the Trip Workbook 4 Cover
Extra Worksheets (copies of worksheets in Workbook 4)
	Project Identification Worksheet
	Action Steps Worksheet

How to Apply
	To have a Charting program in your community, you must submit a completed application form to your county's Penn State Cooperative Extension office. The application form is also available on-line in a Microsoft Word and PDF format. Potential applicants are encouraged to contact their county office prior to working on the application to insure the program is available in their county, and for any special instructions about completing the application. Typically, the application is completed by a local steering committee (at least 3 to 5 community residents), who return it to Penn State Cooperative Extension. Cooperative Extension staff will then visit the community, answer questions, and assess the community's readiness for Charting. Applications for CHARTING programs may be submitted at any time. Sessions will be scheduled on a first come basis and depending on the community’s readiness.