Journal
Inspiring change.
Hot days and balmy evenings, watching the world's biggest ships sail into a heave at port, one hypnotic motion....
During strategic planning in 2009, Creating Communities identified transience as an emerging trend that would increasingly impact communities in the coming decades....
The year was 1992, and while Creating Communities was working on its first project, Managing Director, Donna Shepherd, was starting a new adventure in New York....
Brands tell stories – implicitly and explicitly. They reflect the age and stage of an entity; it’s aspirations and intent. And they can serve as a potted history of growth and evolution (not to mention the eras in which they were designed!)...
Our approach focuses on equipping our clients and the communities we work with to navigate the profound challenges in today’s world for the betterment of all....
We’ve worked in our fair share of communities over the past 30 years and often think about the code of conducts or community rule we’d apply if we were designing our own developments. Turns out it isn’t that difficult, because it’s the very same rule that informs how we work...
Nyiyaparli people are rainmakers, they talk to the cloud rocks when water is needed, making deserts green and rivers flow....
We're Creating Communities; we've been doing this for thirty years. And we're just getting started....
We’ve been in the business for three decades now and to mark the occasion, we’re sharing a thought-provoking deep dive into a selection of stories, ideas and lessons from the past 30 years....
Creating Communities' beginnings were firmly in the land development space, where it pioneered intentional community consultation, development practices and models to accelerate connection and collaboration within the community. We met with Founding Director, Allan Tranter, to discuss what makes communities thrive over the long term....
