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Southeast Roseburg Community Building and Organizing. Strengthening Our Community through Resident Engagement Facilitated by NeighborWorks Umpqua Initiated 2012. 3 Primary Components of CB&O. Resident Leadership Training and Engagement Community Partnerships thru Resident Initiated Projects
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Southeast Roseburg Community Building and Organizing Strengthening Our Community through Resident Engagement Facilitated by NeighborWorks Umpqua Initiated 2012
3 Primary Components of CB&O • Resident Leadership Training and Engagement • Community Partnerships thru Resident Initiated Projects • Community Impact Measurements – Success Measures Data System
1. Resident Leadership Training • In 2012 representatives from participating orgs attended NeighborWorks America’s “Community Leadership Institute” in Orlando FL. NeighborWorks America’s CLI is a nationally recognized leadership training program helping communities through proven “best practices”.
2. Resident Identified Projects • While at the CLI Training, participants identified a project plan, budget and timeline. NWA provided $2,000 to help it come to fruition. SERVICE and YO Center participants who attended last year are organizing a neighborhood clean-up event for June, 2013.
Other SE Rsbg Projects in 2013 • Paint the Town • NeighborWorks Umpqua • City of Roseburg • Service Neighborhood Association • Youth Outreach Center • Community Impact Measurement / CB&O • NeighborWorks Umpqua • Service Neighborhood Association • Youth Outreach Center • GIS Mapping and Tech support • City of Roseburg • Douglas County
3. Community Impact Measurement • Year One – Collect resident satisfaction data, block and property condition reports and 3rd party interview perspectives on SE Roseburg CB&O geographic area • Years 1, 2 & 3 – Focused community and partnering efforts, project identification and efforts to connect residents to programs and opportunities • Year 3 – Repeat data collection process Report Out To Stakeholders
3rd Party Resources in the Process IMPLAN http://www.implan.com/V4/index.php?option=com_content&view=frontpage&Itemid=70 Success Measures® at NeighborWorks America
So, Why? • Build Leadership Capacity • Purposefully Network Organizations and Residents – Building community by building relationships • Measure Impact through Data Collection- Years 1 & 3 • Locally – Reports can help inform decision making by citizen groups and local government • Nationally - This work is being carried out in 240 NWA network cities around the USA. This will help legislators better determine the value of investing in this work.
Why? Strengthening Leadership • Investing in Leadership Training at the Community Level will Increase Resident Leadership Capacity in our Community
Why? Livability • Bringing Diverse Community Organizations Together in the Context of Leadership and Positive Change • Enhance the Communication and Collaboration through the Pursuit of Common Goals • Build A More Condusive Community Character & Culture
Why? Measure Impact • Increased Livability of our Neighborhoods and Stabilization of our Housing Stock will have Positive affects on Our Tax Base Paint the Town – Mill - Pine District 2006 Facilitated by NeighborWorks Umpqua
Principles of CB&O Initiatives Build Stronger Communities • Led By Community Residents • Focused on Collective Action • Aimed at Relationship Building and Problem Solving
CB&O Is a Continuous, Self-Renewing Set of Efforts that: • Builds a Stronger Community by Building Partnerships Around Project Development • Exposes Our Community Leaders to • Successful National Peer Networks • Recognized Techniques and • Top Notch Resident Leadership Training
SE Rsbg CB&O Activities & PlanningWhere • SE Roseburg CB&O District Boundary • SERVICE Neighborhood Association (yellow) • DRA (orange) • Area in Center includes several other multi-family sites (no color)
Data Collection – Years 1 and 3 • Door to Door Resident Satisfaction Surveys • Inventory of Physical Condition (Block and Parcel Level) • Stakeholder Interviews – What is the Perception of the Greater Community of the SE Roseburg CB&O Area?
SE Roseburg CB&O Partners As of December 2012 • SERVICE Neighborhood Association • Youth Outreach Center / Phoenix Charter School • NeighborWorks Umpqua • Downtown Roseburg Association Potential Participating Stakeholders • City of Roseburg Community Development Department • Roseburg Police Department
Success Measures Data System What will be measured? • Physical Conditions – Based on field observations of structures and properties (block and parcel level) • Resident Quality of Life – Based on surveys of community residents of residents of multi-family housing • Economic Impact – Of activities, measured by NeighborWorks America using IMPLAN input-output model, and • Community and Program Context – Selected programmatic data will be tied to NWU production reports to profile activity associated with NWU lines of business.
How Will the Data be Used? • Reports generated as a result of the data collection and stakeholder interviews: • Will be made available to help inform local decision making processes by community based organizations (CBOs) and/or local government • Can provide qualified and quantified data by CBOs for grant making purposes • Will provide the cornerstone for telling of the story about the impact of this locally driven work • Will be aggregated by NeighborWorks America for reporting purposes to the legislature measuring the impact of investment of public funds in community development work
SE Rsbg CB&O Activities - Training • Resident Leadership Training – Annually, NeighborWorks America’s Community Leadership Institute provides high quality training in a major US city. Last year NWU sponsored (2) SERVICE Officers and (1) YO Center staff person to a 3 day training in Orlando Florida • Peer to Peer Training – NeighborWorks Umpqua has applied to a NW America P2P training program that would allow for a couple of our CB&O volunteers to travel to a community that has been successful with this process. • Local Volunteer Training for survey and inventory work.
A Forum for Resident Identified Goals • Identify Problems and Issues Affecting Livability such as Safety Issues as seen through the Eyes of Residents, Businesses and Stakeholders • Establish Neighborhood Forums to Communicate Equity Issues • Bring the Right People to the Table to Effect Change Place Photo Here Paint the Town – Mill - Pine District 2006 Facilitated by NeighborWorks Umpqua
What Do We Think We Know? • Government, non-profits and grass roots organizations invest substantial amounts of funds and volunteer hours into the community every year to improve conditions and safety • Local businesses are approached repeatedly to donate their limited resources and to support a broad array of efforts • Many individuals give what little personal time and money they have to support community efforts At the end of the day, did anything happen? Can we measure the impact?
A System for Creating and Measuring Change • Resident Leadership Training • Creating Partnerships between Community Based Orgs • Collaboration on Resident Identified Projects • Data Collection – Through surveying Residents, Tracking Property Conditions, Stakeholder Interviews • Use of Nationally Recognized Data Processing and Economic Impact Measurement Tools • And Maybe… More to Celebrate