5.3.6 Phase Three: Institutionalizing Strategic Planning Patterns and Fields

A community will eventually want to institutionalize this strategy if it has been successful in maintaining momentum, learning, and success. In order to pass on regenerative insights and practices to succeeding generations of leaders, businesspeople, activists, and citizens, they will look for ways to build infrastructure and procedures. The long-term effects of consistent regeneration effort are significant. Through fostering community awareness and political will, this phase aims to activate governance institutions that will guarantee continued stewardship of place. The emphasis at this stage is on motivating, encouraging, and organizing creative projects that are in line with the core values and strategic direction of a community. To support the developmental culture that has been established in earlier phases, ongoing focus is paid to developing capability of self-organizing, strategic thinking, regenerative planning and design, and leadership.