Joe Erpenbeck

Consultant and ABCD Institute Faculty Member

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On the Lookout

On the Lookout

A group of neighbours gathered on a Wednesday evening after a storm had come through. The sun was returning and everyone form...

Preparing For Booms Day

Preparing For Booms Day

I was in Cincinnati the week prior to the Labor Day Holiday, or as some refer to it here, “Booms Day”. A local radio stat...

Who Is Missing?

Who Is Missing?

Across from St. Patricks Church in San Francisco is a beautiful park where there are gorgeous plants and the Dr. Martin Luthe...

What Unique Skills Do You Possess?

What Unique Skills Do You Possess?

As I caught a glimpse of the workers moving high up on the severely slanted roof I thought of the line in a movie where the c...

Meet at The Neighbourhood Lounge

Meet at The Neighbourhood Lounge

I visited a Farmers Market last week at The Underpass Park. This park was created 10 years ago and turned a blighted area und...

Stories that Inspire

Stories that Inspire

In a recent post I wrote about a walking tour of a neighbourhood where I learned of Lucie and Thornton Blackburn. The story t...

“I could go on and on for hours.”

“I could go on and on for hours.”

The guide on the walking tour had provided so many interesting stories and facts about the Cabbagetown neighbourhood. He spok...

Transforming the Routine

Transforming the Routine

This underpass in Vancouver was often a dark and dull part of many walking, running or biking routes. As I biked through last...

“Joe has created a small team of people who are moving from providing service to building community. His work has radical implications for social service and he has the results to show it. Joe’s work is done with great compassion and courage. He directs a group that is applying the asset based principles of John McKnight in new ways. The results he is achieving are significant; his group is directly bringing those on the margin into community...Joe is creating a model for care and inclusion that sets the standard for what is possible.”

Peter Block

Peter Block

Noted Cincinnati Author & Consultant

"Joe Erpenbeck is in my opinion one of the very best, if not the best community connector in North America."

John McKnight

John McKnight

Co-Director The Asset-Based Community Development Institute

"Community development is a big idea, and a thing I’ve enjoyed so much about Joe’s work is that his approachable manner allows everyone to participate and see how they could have a role. I’ve been part of this conversation with groups who have been together for a long time, having the same old conversations, and its been a gift to watch Joe lead - not push - them into the potential of new ideas in an appreciative way. Like many, I did not enter those conversations easily, and, like many, I came to really appreciate his genius (I use this work carefully) for this work."

Aaron Johannes

Aaron Johannes

www.imagineacircle.com