A community strategic plan can be an excellent tool for pointing communities in the direction they want to go. This APA award-winning publication, Developing a Community Strategic Plan, is a straightforward guide designed to lead local officials, planners and citizens through a strategic planning process. The publication highlights clear examples of plan concepts and includes plan "worksheets" which provide local officials with hands-on-tools to develop a community strategic plan. Click on the link below to download the guidebook.