Lessons and losses
Opportunities lost by previous generations cannot be recovered for them. Their experience can still inform the choices made now.
Past · Present · Future
Community Inheritance
Every living generation has the opportunity to build stronger foundations that future generations can retain, improve and pass forward.
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Download captions Download transcriptCDMM exists so that opportunities lost by previous generations do not have to be lost by the generations living today or those still to come. Every generation should have the opportunity to inherit a stronger foundation from the one before it.
01Build
02Retain
03Reinvest
04Protect
05Improve
06Pass Forward
Stewardship and agency
The living generation can assess evidence, develop durable capacity and protect public value within applicable law.
A stronger starting point
Future generations may inherit better assets, knowledge and opportunities when present decisions perform as intended.
The inheritance base
Assets include more than money
Community inheritance combines physical assets, productive capability, institutional memory and accountable governance.
HousingStrategic landWater systemsEnergy assetsTransportationCommunicationsProductive enterprisesInstitutional knowledgeCommunity capabilityAccountable democratic structures
These are possible forms of community inheritance, not guaranteed results. Asset condition, debt, maintenance, accessibility, performance and opportunity cost remain visible.