Since its founding in 1977, Partners has helped communities set a common vision for the future, discover and use new resources for community and economic development and build public/private coalitions to further their goals.

Partners promotes livable communities through technical assistance, leadership training, workshops, charettes, research and publications. More than 1,200 individuals and groups from local, state, national, international, public and private and media organizations make up Partners’ resource network and share innovative ideas on livability and community improvement.

Who We Are

Partners for Livable Communities is a national, nonprofit organization working to restore and renew our communities. Partners has over twenty-five years of experience in solving community problems by providing information, leadership and guidance that help communities help themselves. Partners for Livable Communities welcomes the opportunity to bring its experience to different communities.

What We Do

Partners helps communities identify possibilities; it stimulates ideas and suggest alternatives; it creates solutions; it mobilizes support. Partners does this through advocacy on specific issues, hands-on technical assistance, and sharing of information.