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Trends and Issues in Community Development: Building Sustainable Communities

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Trends and Issues in Community Development: Building Sustainable Communities

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    1. Trends and Issues in Community Development: Building Sustainable Communities Presented to Community Development Institute - East September 25, 2006

    2. Issues in Community Development How do you involve residents in building community? How do you address conflicting desires and goals? How do you secure support for community development in an age of competing interests and limited resources? How do you bring about long-term success?

    3. Economic Disparity in income 1. declining middle class 2. wage gap Economic restructuring 1. industrial to entrepreneur 2. knowledge economy Infrastructure 1. telecommunications 2. entrepreneur ready Workforce Development 1. job readiness skills 2. problem solving ability Other?

    4. Social Health care 1. access 2. affordability 3. obesity Population change 1. baby boomers 2. increase in minorities 3. change in family unit Faith and State Social amenities in housing, recreation, transportation and arts

    5. Social Education 1. equity in K-12 2. college preparedness 3. family values Telecommunications 1. access/quality 2. affordability Addictions 1. Drug & Alcohol Dependency Diversity Other?

    6. Environmental Land use patterns 1. urban sprawl 2. farmland preservation Preservation of natural areas Water quality and quantity Air quality Waste management Endangered species Conservation Climate Change Alternative Fuels Other?

    7. Trends in Community Development

    8. Four Trends Community Development is moving to intentionality through shifts toward: Holistic Approach Community of Interest Asset Based Sustainability

    9. Trend One Holistic Approach to Community Development Components of community development are interlinked

    11. Support Infrastructure Health Care Ed and Info Systems Retail Sector Recreation and Parks Financial Sector Housing Law Enforcement Cultural Arts Labor Force Religious Institutions

    12. Community Capitals

    13. Causality vs. Intentionality Causality The belief that the improvement to one basic sector will result in an automatic benefit to all other related sectors Intentionality Purposeful design of equitable benefit for each sector in connection with all other sectors

    14. Trend Two Emerging Redefinition of Community

    15. Community of Place West Virginia Charleston Neighborhoods Blocks Streets

    16. Community of Interest

    17. What would be priorities for a person who thinks of community as an economic place? ECONOMIC

    18. What would be priorities for a person who thinks of community as a social place? SOCIAL

    19. What would be priorities for a person who thinks of community as an environmental place? ECOLOGICAL

    20. Thinking Regionally Regions are the new basic unit of financial capital, natural capital, cultural capital, human capital, social capital, political capital, and built capital 1. Flexible boundaries 2. Evolving clusters and networks Drabenstott and Flora, 2005

    21. Trend Two Emerging redefinition of community Networking: We connect with each other informally by community of interest 2. Expands centers of authority from simply political jurisdictions to include relationships across geographical lines

    22. Trend Three Asset Based Approach to Community Development

    23. Problem Solving Traditional community development focuses on identifying and solving problems

    24. Asset Based Asset based community development Discovers and leverages a community’s unique set of assets and ideas 1. Emphasis is on building from existing strengths 2. Focus on solutions for the future built upon best practices 3. Grassroots based as starting point: Inclusionary

    25. Trend Four Movement Toward Building Sustainable Communities

    26. Sustainability Development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Brundtland Commission 1987

    27. Intentionality Purposeful design of equitable benefit for each sector in connection with all other sectors

    28. Characteristics of Sustainability Interconnected Economy, Society, Environment Long term focus Inclusionary Multidimensional

    29. Interconnected Equity Sustainability seeks fair distribution of benefit within and between the three sectors of community

    31. Inclusionary Residents bring their assets to bear Empowered residents decide Barriers to participation are reduced Go to where people gather

    32. Lasswell’s Wheel LASSWELL’S VALUE/ INSTITUTION CATEGORIES Harold D. Lasswell, POLITICS: WHO GETS WHAT, WHEN, HOW, Meridian Books, THE WORLD PUBLISHING COMPANY, Cleveland and New York, 1958, p. 202 Revised by: Bill Grunkemeyer and Myra Moss, OSU Extension

    33. Long-Term Focus Consideration of future generations: 1. Consider impact of decisions made today on grandchildren and great grandchildren 2. Develop a shared vision 50 years into the future

    34. An Indicator Tells us: Where we are Where we are going How far we have to go

    35. Multi-Dimensional Indicators Economic Social Environmental Combined (Multi-Dimensional) Number of jobs created Jobs that pay a living wage Jobs that do not decrease the quality of the area’s aquifer Creation of jobs that pay a living wage and do not decrease the area’s aquifer

    36. City Council Action Very small town in heavy forested area Largest/primary employer is a paper mill Paper mill will close unless it gets a state loan and local tax incentives from the city council Conservation group wants to purchase the company’s land. Local chapter is heading the effort by asking the council not to approve the loan and tax incentives As a city council what action will you take ? What community social, economic or environmental priority are you supporting by your decision?

    37. Summary Community Development is moving towards an approach that links Holistic Thinking Community of Interest, not just Place Asset Based Approaches Sustainability Concepts

    38. Contact Information: Ohio State University Extension Myra Moss Extension Specialist, Sustainable Economic & Community Development Extension Center at Lima & Co-Leader, Extension Sustainable Development Center moss.63@osu.edu Bill Grunkemeyer Interim Director, Extension Center at Wooster & Co-Leader, Extension Sustainable Development Center grunkemeyer.1@osu.edu

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