CDLI aims to be a centralized space that brings residents, community development practitioners and supporters together to learn and act on shared issues around community building.

Our Vision: CDLI envisions a world where people from diverse backgrounds feel they can inspire change in their local communities.

Our Mission: CDLI gathers community-minded people to explore new possibilities, to innovate and take tangible actions now for a socially equitable future.

Shared Understanding of Community Development: A process that surfaces shared visions to engage, organize, build relationships and collective capacity of community members to take actions that address their common economic, social, cultural and/or environmental interests.