任何一個社區皆有其有形或無形的資源，社區工作者若能善加運用，將可使社區資產能成為社區發展工作的資源庫。本研究從實務的角度來探討高雄市績優社區的資產特色，以期促進社區的永續經營。本研究採用量化研究法，針對高雄市推動社區工作績優者進行問卷調查，並以高雄市近五年（95－100年）績優社區發展協會作為調查對象。本研究發現，多數社區組織最大的困境在於財源困難、場地問題與年輕人較少參與社區的議題為主。現行社區組織在經費來源方面，多數仍以政府部門補助較多，較缺乏自給自足之能力。另外，人口老化的社區則有就業率偏低之現象。在社會資本方面，社區幹部之間與里長、民意代表、議員彼此互動關係良好。本研究亦發現，社區組織成員有高齡化的趨勢，且面臨缺乏年輕人力接棒的情形嚴重，社會局與社區組織應協力培育社區的專業人才，讓更多人士參與，願意共同為社區努力，才能讓社區具備永續經營的能力。另外，都市型的社區在互動關係、問題參與、及踴躍程度明顯大於鄉村型，呈現地理位置在社會資本面向的差異性。

Any community contains visible and invisible resource, if community workers use these resources effectively, community assets would become a resource base for community development work. This study investigated the characteristics of these assets from a practical perspective regarding community development associations that achieve excellent performance in Kaohsiung City. The community development associations (2006-2010) that obtained credits and achievements in community work were used as samples for this study.The results of this study indicated that most of the communities encountered problems including finical difficulty, a lack of suitable locations for activities, and a lack of youth involvement. The finicial resources for communities and organizations are supported by government budget. In addition, communities that have a more elderly population present a low employment rate. Regarding the social capital aspect, community leaders and staffs establish excellent relations with the government and political representatives.This study observed that the older population appeared to be more involved with community development associations than the younger generation did; therefore, governments and organizations associated with the community should encourage all citizens to support community work and organizations. In addition, urbanized communities appeared to present a higher degree of interaction, involvement with community problems, and participation within the community than rural communities did, which revealed that geographic varivation affect social capital.