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Community Level Strategic Planning

Community Level Strategic Planning. Working Definition of Community. Community : a place-oriented process of interrelated actions through which members of a local population express a shared sense of identity while engaging in the common concerns of life.

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Community Level Strategic Planning

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  1. Community Level Strategic Planning

  2. Working Definitionof Community Community: a place-oriented process of interrelated actions through which members of a local population express a shared sense of identity while engaging in the common concerns of life. From Preparing for the Future: A Guide to Community-Based Planning, by Gene L. Theodori

  3. Economy Faith-based Community isnot a given. Generalization Action Government Education Community is a variable. Recreation Environmental protection From Preparing for the Future: A Guide to Community-Based Planning, by Gene L. Theodori

  4. Factors Involved in Community Participation • Race • Gender • Age • Kind of vehicle • Location of vacation • Last book read • Politics • Favorite type of restaurant

  5. Principles ofCommunity Development The long-term theme of community development should be to develop the community as a human relationship structure, rather than to develop things in or through the community. From Preparing for the Future: A Guide to Community-Based Planning, by Gene L. Theodori

  6. Principles ofCommunity Development Community development must reflect and express the values and wishes of the local population. From Preparing for the Future: A Guide to Community-Based Planning, by Gene L. Theodori

  7. Principles ofCommunity Development Community development requires a commitment on the part of special interest groups to align their efforts with those of other groups. From Preparing for the Future: A Guide to Community-Based Planning, by Gene L. Theodori

  8. Principles ofCommunity Development Community development requires that attention be given continuously to problems and needs in all areas of local life. From Preparing for the Future: A Guide to Community-Based Planning, by Gene L. Theodori

  9. Principles ofCommunity Development Sustained community development requires an organizational structure. From Preparing for the Future: A Guide to Community-Based Planning, by Gene L. Theodori

  10. Principles ofCommunity Development Community development requires communication. From Preparing for the Future: A Guide to Community-Based Planning, by Gene L. Theodori

  11. Principles ofCommunity Development Community development requires a commitment beyond selfish gain, at least by a small number of people in any community who can really make it work. From Preparing for the Future: A Guide to Community-Based Planning, by Gene L. Theodori

  12. Credit for “Principles ofCommunity Development” Kenneth P. Wilkinson. 1968. “The Community: Its Structure and Process.” Pp. 86–90 in Eileen Zuber, Steve Nelson, and A.E. Luloff, 1998, Community: A Biography in Honor of the Life and Work of Ken Wilkinson. University Park, PA: The Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development. From Preparing for the Future: A Guide to Community-Based Planning, by Gene L. Theodori

  13. Identifying the Issue • What are the issues that we want to address? • Issues are different from strategies/ objectives/values • Issues address problems/challenges/ opportunities, not solutions • Reframe the topics into issues

  14. Submitted “Issues”

  15. Education • Non-credit classes for seniors • Better public school education • Partnership between schools & businesses • Parenting Center • Studio School • Lecture/seminar series • City vs. county school perceptions • Senior projects at Starkville High School

  16. Retail • Farmers Market • Bakery • Meat Market

  17. Community • Community Relations • Leadership Tensions • Housing Shortage • Declining Infrastructure • Industry Recruitment • Pregnancy Crisis Center • Curb Appeal • Humane Society

  18. 1 2 3 4 Community Identification MatrixPick A Number for Starkville

  19. Active Not Active 1 2 Conscious 3 Not Conscious 4 Community Identification Matrix

  20. Describe Starkville With Regard to the Issue • Given the active/conscious choices that you previously made for Starkville, pick a movie that describes your town/county • Why does this movie remind you of Starkville?

  21. Stages of Community Development • Initiation • Organization of Sponsorship • Goal setting and strategy formulation • Recruitment • Implementation

  22. Steps to Strategic Planning • Mission Statement – Where do we want to be in 3-5 years • Values – What values do you hold dear with regard to the issue? • Vision Statement – How do we get to the Mission Statement? • Objectives (Goals) – What are the overriding accomplishments we want to achieve? • Strategies – What are the specific actions to achieve the objectives?

  23. Developing An Action Plan • What is the first thing that comes to mind when you think of the issue? • Who are the stakeholders with regard to the issue? • If you were the czar of the issue, what is the one thing you would do? • What can your group do really well with regard to the issue? • Pick five things your group will do in the next 3 months to address the issue

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