CBI is working with residents, local businesses, non-profit organizations, and municipal and state agencies in three Rhode Island communities on a holistic approach to community planning and development. Initiated by Rhode Island Housing, a quasi public agency that focuses on critical housing issues in the state, KeepSpace is a new approach to planning for and directing investment that supports communities where neighbors meet, people work, children play.

At the request of a Colonel of the 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Washington, CBI developed and delivered specialized negotiation training to the Brigade. The training program covered topics ranging from the basics of interest-based communication skills to approaches to negotiating with civilian and development counterparts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The Farm and Food Policy Project (FFPP) was established to allow participating organizations to work collaboratively to advance four interlocking policy initiatives designed to unite diverse constituencies and help to build a more sustainable food and agriculture system in the United States. The Project had four broad goals: 1) promote new agricultural markets and rural entrepreneurship, 2) enhance the economic viability of small- and moderate-sized family farms and ranches, 3) reward environmental stewardship, 4) combat hunger by increasing access to healthy food through community food systems.