Revitalization work has implications for core board responsibilities:

• Board members must play a role in setting the revitalization outcomes of the organization and reviewing its performance in this regard.
• In its fiduciary role, the board will find the organization taking on new kinds of risks (e.g., riskier real estate projects, partnerships with small grassroots organizations, political risks of supporting neighborhood advocacy efforts, implementing programs with uncertain long-term funding prospects, etc.) and must be able to appropriately weigh these risks against the rewards of achieving mission impact.
• In the nominating process, board members may find the need to include more voices from neighborhood stakeholders and partner organizations in the revitalization process. It must then build its capacity to include and manage these diverse voices during board deliberations.