Futures
A Scenario Is a Question, Not a Forecast
A local scenario helps residents compare civic choices, uncover whose needs may be missed and decide what information…
All the pieces
All pieces
Browse pieces on possible futures, civic life, place and change. Each offers a distinct question or approach you can carry into your own thinking.
Civic Life
One Local Question, Three Different Viewpoints
One local question can mean different things to residents, visitors and service providers. Learn to name each…
Place
The Layers of a Place: What Belongs in a Local Portrait?
A local portrait can feel incomplete when it misses memory, routine or surroundings. Use three prompts to make a…
Change
The Clean-Break Myth: Change Also Carries Things Forward
Continuity and change in local futures helps residents compare proposals by showing which shared purposes may…
Imagination
A Future Postcard for an Ordinary Tuesday
A future postcard for an ordinary Tuesday turns local hopes into a vivid scene residents can question, compare and use…
Our point of view
The future starts with better questions
A future is not a prediction to accept. It is a set of possibilities to examine, discuss and revise as circumstances change.