'''Community development planning''' consists of a public participatory and usually interactive form of [[town]] or [[neighborhood]] planning and design in which diverse community members (often termed “stakeholders”) contribute toward formulation of the goals, objectives, planning, [[Funding|fund]]/[[resource]] identification and direction, planned project [[implementation]]s and re[[evaluation]] of documented local planning policy. It is a logical “bottom-up” evolution of (formerly “top-down”) [[region]]al, [[city]] and urban planning in an era of plateaued or diminishing public resources, increasing local burdens and responsibilities and [[public activism]]. It often promotes [[public/private partnership]] as a means to harness physical development activities in support of community-defined goals.<ref>The Practice of Local Government Planning, 2nd Edition (the "Green Book"). 1979. International City Management Association. Washington, DC. Pages 62 and 553-599.</ref> At a minimum, it seeks community consensus for proposed allocations of scarce resources among competing demands. In more vigorous application, community members access a full gamut of planning tools, shaping and being shaped by shared understanding of a complex community information base, directly informing and guiding local plan content, influencing resulting development budgets, projects and thus future [[infrastructure]] and land uses, as well as helping coordinate the work of overlapping [[jurisdiction]]s, levels of [[government]], internal and adjacent communities and various providers, such as [[Chamber of commerce|business associations]], [[utilities]] and [[school]]s.
