Updated readme

ReadMe.md

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+<p align="center">
+<img src="docs/images/wct.png" alt="Windows Community Toolkit Gallery"/>
+</p>
 
-# Windows Community Toolkit 🧰
+<h1 align="center">
+    Windows Community Toolkit
+</h1>
 
-![Windows Community Toolkit Labs Social Image](CommunityToolkit-Header.png)
+<h3 align="center">
+  <a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/dotnet/communitytoolkit/windows/getting-started">Documentation</a>
+  <span> · </span>
+  <a href="https://aka.ms/toolkit/labs/windows">Labs</a>
+  <span> · </span>
+  <a href="https://github.com/CommunityToolkit/Tooling-Windows-Submodule">Tooling</a>
+</h3>
 
-Welcome to the home of Windows Community Toolkit. Our components are built on top of [WinUI 2](https://aka.ms/winuigithub), [WinUI 3](https://aka.ms/winui3), and [Uno Platform](https://platform.uno)!
+The Windows Community Toolkit is a rich set of controls, helpers and extensions designed to streamline Windows app development and to create great experiences for Windows. Our components are built on top of [WinUI 2](https://aka.ms/winuigithub), [WinUI 3](https://aka.ms/winui3), and [Uno Platform](https://platform.uno)!
 
-They enable developers to build great experiences for Windows with .NET!
+Please read the [Getting Started with the Windows Community Toolkit](https://docs.microsoft.com/dotnet/communitytoolkit/windows/getting-started) page for more detailed information about using the Toolkit in your app.
 
-_Building something cool? Want to engage with other developers? Want to contribute to the Toolkit? **[Engage in the discussion here!](https://github.com/CommunityToolkit/Windows/discussions)**_
+> [!NOTE]
+> If you're updating from a pre-8.x version of the Windows Community Toolkit, see [our migration notes here](https://aka.ms/toolkit/windows/migration).
 
-## Getting Started
+## Windows Community Toolkit Gallery app
 
-### [Try out our Sample Gallery from the Microsoft Store](https://aka.ms/windowstoolkitapp)
+Want to see the Toolkit in action before jumping into the code? Download and play with the [Windows Community Toolkit Gallery](https://aka.ms/windowstoolkitapp) from the Microsoft Store.
 
-Want to see the toolkit in action before jumping into the code? Download and play with the [Windows Community Toolkit Gallery](https://aka.ms/windowstoolkitapp) from the Store.
+<p align="center">
+<img src="docs/images/gallery.png" alt="Windows Community Toolkit Gallery" width="480"/>
+</p>
+<p align="center">
+<a href="https://aka.ms/windowstoolkitapp">
+    <img alt="Store badge" src="docs/images/storeBadge.png" width="200"/>
+</a>
+</p>
 
-Please read the [Getting Started with the Windows Community Toolkit](https://docs.microsoft.com/dotnet/communitytoolkit/windows/getting-started) page for more detailed information about using the toolkit.
 
-If you're updating from a pre-8.x version of the Windows Community Toolkit, see [our migration notes here](https://aka.ms/toolkit/windows/migration).
 
-### Windows Community Toolkit Labs
 
-Have an idea for a new feature? Want to checkout the latest things being built. _[Then head over to Windows Community Toolkit Labs](https://aka.ms/toolkit/labs/windows)_.
+## 👏 Contribute to the Windows Community Toolkit
 
-You can even see the latest components [live in your browser!](https://toolkitlabs.dev)
+Have an idea for a new feature? Want to checkout the latest things being built? [Then head over to Windows Community Toolkit Labs](https://aka.ms/toolkit/labs/windows).
 
-## Clone the repository
+Building something cool? Want to engage with other developers? Want to contribute to the Toolkit? **[Engage in the discussion here!](https://github.com/CommunityToolkit/Windows/discussions)**
+
+## 📋 Getting started with Windows Community Toolkit
+
+### 1. Set up the environment
+
+> [!NOTE]
+> The Windows Community Toolkit requires [Visual Studio 2022](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/) or later to build and Windows 10 or later to execute. If you're building an app with WinUI and Windows App SDK for the first time, follow these [installation instructions](https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/apps/get-started/start-here).
+
+**Required [Visual Studio components](https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/apps/get-started/start-here?tabs=vs-2022-17-10#required-workloads-and-components):**
+- Windows application development
+- .NET desktop development
+- Windows 10 SDK, version 2004 (10.0.19041.0)
+- Windows 10 21H1 (Build 19043) or greater
+
+### 2. Clone the repository
 
 The [tooling](https://github.com/CommunityToolkit/Tooling-Windows-Submodule) is in a submodule, so you'll need to use `--recurse-submodules` when cloning or pulling for the first time:
 
 ```shell
 git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/CommunityToolkit/Windows.git
 ```
 
-## Build Requirements
-
-- Visual Studio 2022 (UWP & Desktop Workloads for .NET)
-- .NET 8 SDK
-- Windows 10 SDK, version 2004 (10.0.19041.0)
-- Windows 10 21H1 (Build 19043) or greater
+### 3. Run build scripts & open solution
 - Run `dotnet tool restore` from the project root to install SlnGen
 - Run build scripts from the [Developer Command Prompt for Visual Studio](https://learn.microsoft.com/visualstudio/ide/reference/command-prompt-powershell) or from elsewhere after adding `MSBuild.exe` to your PATH
 
+
 ## 🚀 Contribution
 
 We're always looking for a helping hand, [look for issues that we need help with here](https://github.com/CommunityToolkit/Windows/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3A%22help+wanted%22) or head over to [Windows Community Toolkit Labs](https://aka.ms/toolkit/labs/windows) to try or build new features.
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 Check out our [Windows Community Toolkit Wiki](https://aka.ms/wct/wiki) page to learn more about contribution and guidelines in general (to be updated more soon).
 
-## 📦 NuGet Packages
+## 📦 NuGet packages
 
 NuGet is a standard package manager for .NET applications which is built into Visual Studio. When you open solution in Visual Studio, choose the *Tools* menu > *NuGet Package Manager* > *Manage NuGet packages for solution…* 
 
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 - `CommunityToolkit.Uwp.*` for UWP + WinUI 2 or Uno.UI
 - `CommunityToolkit.WinUI.*` for Windows App SDK + WinUI 3 or Uno.WinUI
 
-## 📫 Features <a name="supported"></a>
-
-Most features should work with the October 2018 Update (1809) SDK 17763 and above; however, refer to specific documentation on each feature for more information.
 
 ## 💠 Principles