What is Distinctive about an ABCD Process?

The Four Essential Elements of an Asset-Based Community Development Process.
ABCD Institute at DePaul University September 2018

• The primary goal of an Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) process is to enhance collective citizen visioning and production through a process that combines four essential elements: 1. Resources 2. Methods 3. Functions 4. Evaluation. 
• This paper discusses each of these elements in detail in an effort to answer the following question: “what is distinctive about an Asset-Based Community Development process?”