PORT ST. JOE

1. PORT ST. JOE Jessie Ball duPont Fund Assets Team Conference Main Library, Jacksonville, FL October 28-30, 2008

2. PORT ST. JOE What we set out to do… • Develop Affordable Housing • Create Jobs (spin off from hospital) • Develop a Young Adult Leadership Program Jessie Ball duPont Fund Assets Team Conference October 28-30, 2008

3. PORT ST. JOE Our goals now are… • Completion of the “One Stop Shop,” partnering with the CDC, CCDF, SHIP, and People Helping People Programs • Pursue affordable housing sales and rentals • Finalize the Young Adult Leadership Program • Begin the EITC Program • Begin the financial management and personal education programs Jessie Ball duPont Fund Assets Team Conference October 28-30, 2008

4. PORT ST. JOE What changed? • Changed the Asset Team goals • Brought in new CDC leadership • Development of a “One Stop Shop” • The St. Joe Asset Team members Ricky Farmer Eddie Fields Reverend Phil Fortin Brenda Galloway Pastor Charles Gathers Quen Lamb Mayor Mel Magidson, Jr. Denise Manuel Jane McNabb Debbie Mikolajczyk Honorable Nathan Peters, Jr. Diana Sealey Clay Smallwood Anna Tankersley Erika White Troy White Tim Wilder Jessie Ball duPont Fund Assets Team Conference October 28-30, 2008

5. PORT ST. JOE Strategies pursued Affordable Housing • Expand the SHIP Program • Build single, duplex, and fourplex housing to be sold or rented Education • Develop the financial management and personal education programs • Develop trade schools and non-credit courses for students in high school and college • Provide transportation for students Medical • Education • Provide child care education • Educate the mother on her health care • Provide assistance/Transportation to medical appointments Jessie Ball duPont Fund Assets Team Conference October 28-30, 2008

6. PORT ST. JOE How we’re organized… CCDF Diana Sealey Fred Willis Catherine Collier CDC Board Administrative Assistant Erika White Executive Director Quen Lamb People Helping People Quen Lamb Erika White Jerry Stokoe Eddie Fields SHIP Program Ricky Farmer Affordable Housing Eddie Fields EITC Program PIN Asset Building Food Bank Furniture Bank Churches United for Social Change Referral Service Jessie Ball duPont Fund Assets Team Conference October 28-30, 2008

7. PORT ST. JOE Signs of progress • Development of the “One Stop Shop” • Setting up of partnerships • A noticeable attitude change by City and County Government Jessie Ball duPont Fund Assets Team Conference October 28-30, 2008

8. PORT ST. JOE Challenges • Slow down of the economy • Changing team members and resetting the goals for the Asset Team • Delay in hospital completion date, currently reducing potential jobs • City and County attitudes Jessie Ball duPont Fund Assets Team Conference October 28-30, 2008

9. PORT ST. JOE Looking ahead • We need to know how to improve fund raising skills • We need to know how to improve community motivation • We need to improve our knowledge of affordable housing • We need to utilize consultants to expand our knowledge of the above issues Jessie Ball duPont Fund Assets Team Conference October 28-30, 2008

10. PORT ST. JOE Anticipated next steps We intend to focus on the following: • Increasing the community usage of the “One Stop Shop” over the 2008 base. • Create at least one successful affordable housing project. • Finalize the Young Adult Leadership Program. • Complete and utilize the financial and personal education programs. • Continue to develop positive attitudes of the City and County citizens and government. Jessie Ball duPont Fund Assets Team Conference October 28-30, 2008