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TND Community Engagement & Chelsea Shurtleff Bellingham Initiative

TND Community Engagement & Chelsea Shurtleff Bellingham Initiative. May 2014 Melissa Walsh Director of Community Engagement The Neighborhood Developers.

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TND Community Engagement & Chelsea Shurtleff Bellingham Initiative

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  1. TND Community Engagement & Chelsea Shurtleff Bellingham Initiative May 2014 Melissa Walsh Director of Community Engagement The Neighborhood Developers

  2. Our mission: to build vibrant and diverse neighborhoods with homes that are affordable to families with a mix of incomes, where people choose to invest in the social fabric, economic opportunities and built environment

  3. Our InvestmentStrategies Foundation of Place Residents with Resources To strengthen markets and expand affordable housing To increase economic stability and resilience Network of People To foster a resilient social fabric and civic infrastructure Grounded in principles of environmental and financial sustainability. We are here for the long-term.

  4. Community Engagement at TND • The CE program aims to: • Build social capital by fostering person-to-person and people-to-place relationships • Develop the skill and will of resident leaders to take on leadership roles at TND and in their community • Encourage civic engagement in order to build neighborhoods of choice were neighbors have elevated community standards and a sense of efficacy

  5. TND Community Engagement Civic Engagement Neighbor to Community Neighbor to Neighbor Neighborhood Planning Community Committees City Forums & Meetings Public Meetings Advocacy Campaigns Voting MembershipClean Ups NeighborCircle Projects Park Builds First Thursday Walden Coffee House Tenant Events Block Parties Community Art Projects Community Events NeighborCircles Welcoming Program Tenant Events Door Knocking

  6. TND Community Engagement Civic Engagement Neighbor to Community Neighbor to Neighbor Leadership Development

  7. 2013 Impact • 811TND members • 75leaders participated in leadership development • 180individuals took on leadership roles, including 35new leaders • 900 residents participated in sharing their perspectives on community conditions through the Resident Experience Surveys (354) and other surveys/interviews • 1,515 unique individuals participated Community Engagement eventswith a sum of attendance at 2,060 • 1,300unique individuals participated in 80community building events, meeting their neighbors and fellow community members • 460community residents participated in 80civic projects and/or public forums that seek to improve neighborhood conditions and to address broadly shared community concerns

  8. Shurtleff Bellingham Initiative 1. Support bold, promising approaches that have the potential to transform the lives of low-income people and the communities in which they live. 2. Build resilient, cross-sector civic infrastructure that can tackle the complex challenges facing smaller industrial cities and achieve population-level results. 3. Move beyond programs and projects to focus on transforming systems; promote integration across multiple systems and issues. 4. Drive private markets to work on behalf of low-income people by blending public, private, and philanthropic capital and deploying it in catalytic investments. 5. Accelerate and learn from promising work already underway. 6. Create a successful model for New England and beyond Working Cities Challenge • Neighbor Circles

  9. Shurtleff Bellingham Initiative • Theory of ChangeNeighborCircles

  10. Shurtleff Bellingham Initiative Road Map

  11. Shurtleff Bellingham Initiative 27 Cross-Sector Partners • Community Action Programs Inner-City (CAPIC) • Community Enhancement Team • CONNECT • HarborCOV • Metro Credit Union • MGH Chelsea Healthcare Center • Mitchell Properties • North Suffolk Mental Health Association • Roca • Chelsea Hunger Action Network • Salvation Army • Stop & Compare Supermarket • The Neighborhood Developers • Al Huda Society • Bay Cove Human Services - ASP • Bunker Hill Community College • Boys & Girls Club • Centro Latino • Centruy 21 D'Amico & Associates • Chelsea Bank • Chelsea Chamber of Commerce • Chelsea Collaborative • Chelsea Housing Authority • Chelsea Police Department • Chelsea Public Schools • Chelsea Revere Winthrop Elder Services • City of Chelsea

  12. Healthy Chelsea & TND Collaboration A stronger, healthier community • Adopt a Park • Walking School Bus Outreach • Exploring collaborative asthma prevention work • … and there is potential for more!

  13. Contact Us! Reuben Kantor Chelsea SBI Director RKantor@tndinc.org 617.889.1375 Melissa Walsh Community Engagement Director MWalsh@tndinc.org 617.889.1375

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