Check out this PowerPoint for a quick overview of the On the Ground - Denver experience and learnings.

Strengthening Neighborhoods, The Denver Foundations' grassroots grantmaking program, offers planning grants of $500 to resident-led groups.  Here is the application that Strengthening Neighborhoods utilizes for these planning grants. 

Look here for the guidelines and application that Strengthening Neighborhoods, The Denver Foundation's grassroots grantmaking program, developed for their work in Denver area neighborhoods.

This 2007 report, commissioned by Strengthening Neighborhoods, shares lessons learned from Strengthening Neighborhoods' leadership development work.

Read Strengthening Neighborhoods' 2008 report on learnings associated with their work to support resident leaders.

Read Strengthening Neighborhoods' 2009 report on learnings associated with their work to support positive relationships among residents based on equality and the valuing of everyone's contributions

Strengthening Neighborhoods, The Denver Foundations' grassroots grantmaking program, has utilized Theory U to support resident-led change in aspects of their work.  Look here for the executive summary of Otto Scharmer's book, Theory U: Leading from the Future as It Emerges.

Look here for the 2-page overview of the Theory U process that was included in the resource folder for On the Ground Denver participants.