This is the modest challenge I have set myself. A challenge for several reasons. \u00a0Firstly these phenomena are usually divided up and tackled by different teams, using different professional jargon, working to different\u00a0policy\u00a0objectives in different departments and sectors (for profit, public and third). Tackling community, cultural and economic development as a kind of holy trinity vitally\u00a0important. \u00a0Yet we usually separate them and often end up with economic development that breaks community or ignores culture and vice versa… Another challenge is the fixation that many policy makers and leaders have with ‘big ticket’ solutions. \u00a0Want to\u00a0stimulate\u00a0culture? \u00a0Let’s build an Arena or a Gallery? \u00a0Need to stimulate economic development? \u00a0How about an Enterprise Zone or a Technology Park? \u00a0Or,\u00a0anyone\u00a0for high speed trains? \u00a0Multi-million pound projects that rely on politicians,\u00a0bureaucrats\u00a0and professionals working together to invest millions. \u00a0In\u00a0these\u00a0austere times there are economic development\u00a0consultancies\u00a0that will write you papers on how to\u00a0finance\u00a0these projects using tax increment finances and other such stuff! But let’s get back to basics on this. Community, Culture and Economy are like ying and yang, except there are three of them! \u00a0They are facets of the same thing: Human endeavour (or as the policy makers prefer to call it enterprise). So, if we\u00a0want\u00a0to develop community, culture and economy we are in the business of developing Human Endeavour. And that need not cost a lot….<\/p>\n