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Issues in CommunityDevelopment
How do you involve residents in buildingcommunity?
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?
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Trends and Issues in CommunityDevelopment:
Building Sustainable Communities
Presented to Community Development Institute - East
September 25, 2006
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Economic
Disparity in income1. declining middle class2. wage gap
Economic restructuring
1. industrial to entrepreneur2. knowledge economy Infrastructure
1. telecommunications2. entrepreneur ready
Workforce Development1. job readiness skills2. problem solving ability
Other?
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Social
Health care
1. access
2. affordability
3. obesity
Population change1. baby boomers
2. increase in minorities
3. change in family unit
Faith and State Social amenities in housing, recreation,
transportation and arts
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Social
Education1. equity in K-12
2. college preparedness
3. family values
Telecommunications
1. access/quality
2. affordability
Addictions
1. Drug & Alcohol Dependency
Diversity
Other?
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Environmental
Land use patterns1. 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?
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Trends in Community Development
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Four Trends
Community Development is moving to
intentionality through shifts toward:
Holistic Approach
Community of Interest
Asset Based Sustainability
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Trend One
Holistic Approach to CommunityDevelopment
Components of community developmentare interlinked
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Support Inf rastructure
Health Care
Ed and Info
Systems Retail Sector
Recreation andParks
Financial Sector
Housing
Law Enforcement
Cultural Arts
Labor Force
ReligiousInstitutions
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Community Capitals
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Causality vs. Intentionality
Causality
The belief that the
improvement toone basic sectorwill result in anautomatic benefitto all other relatedsectors
Intentionality
Purposeful design of
equitable benefitfor each sector inconnection with allother sectors
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Trend Two
Emerging Redefinition of Community
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Community of Place
West Virginia
Charleston
Neighborhoods
Blocks
Streets
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ECOLOGICAL ECONOMIC
SOCIAL
Community of Interest
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What would be priorities for aperson who thinks of community as an
economic place?
ECONOMIC
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What would be priorities for a person whothinks of community as a social place?
SOCIAL
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What would be priorities for a person whothinks of community as an environmental
place?
ECOLOGICAL
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Thinking Regionally
Regions are the new basic unit of financial capital, natural capital,cultural capital, human capital, social
capital, political capital, and builtcapital
1. Flexible boundaries
2. Evolving clusters and networksDrabenstott and Flora, 2005
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Trend Two
Emerging redefinition of community
1. Networking: We connect with each other
informally by community of interest
2. Expands centers of authority from simply
political jurisdictions to includerelationships across geographical lines
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Trend Three
Asset Based Approach toCommunity Development
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Problem Solving
Traditional community development
focuses on identifying and solving
problems
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Asset Based
Asset based community development
Discovers and leverages a community¶s
unique set of assets and ideas1. Emphasis is on building from existing
strengths
2. Focus on solutions for the future built
upon best practices3. Grassroots based as starting point:
Inclusionary
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Trend Four
Movement Toward BuildingSustainable Communities
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Sustainability
Development which meets the needsof the present without compromising
the ability of future generations tomeet their own needs.
Brundtland Commission 1987
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Intentionality
Purposeful design of equitablebenefit for each sector in connectionwith all other sectors
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Characteristics of Sustainability
InterconnectedEconomy, Society, Environment
Long term focus
Inclusionary
Multidimensional
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Interconnected
Equity
Sustainability seeks fair distributionof benefit within and between thethree sectors of community
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Social Equity
Ecological IntegrityEconomic Prosperity
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Inclusionary
Residents bring their assets to bear
Empowered residents decide
Barriers to participation are reduced
Go to where people gather
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Lasswell·s Wheel
LASSWELL¶S
VALUE/
INSTITUTION
CATEGORIES
Harold D. Lasswell,
POLITICS: WHO GETS WHAT, WHEN, HOW ,Meridian Books, THEWORLD PUBLISHINGCOMPANY, Cleveland andNew York, 1958, p. 202
Revised by: Bill Grunkemeyer
and Myra Moss, OSU Extension
Government, Courts,
Unions
Related Organizations
Religious
Organizations Power
A f f e c t i o n R e
c t i t u d e
Civil-Rights
Groups,
Fraternities,Sororities,
HonorSocieties
R e s p e c t
F a m i l i e s ,
F a m i l y
S u p p o r t
G r o u p s
Y o u t h
ProprietarySchools,
Public
Schools,
Non-Public
SchoolsWorkplaceDevelop-
ment
S k i l l s
Wealth/Poverty
E n l i g h t e n m e n t
Landowners, Busi-
ness, Insurance,
Foundations, Poverty
Programs
H i g h e r E d u c a t i o n ,
R e s e a r c h O r g a n i z a -
t i o n s , M e d i a
Health
Security,
Safety,
Supporting
Societies
and
Organi-
zations
W e l l - B
e i n g
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Long-Term Focus
Consideration of future
generations:
1. Consider impact of decisionsmade today on grandchildren andgreat grandchildren
2. Develop a shared vision 50 yearsinto the future
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An Indicator
Tells us:
Where we are
Where we are going
How far we have to go
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Multi-Dimensional Indicators
Economic
Social
Environmental
Combined (Multi-Dimensional)
Number of jobs created
Jobs that pay a livingwage
Jobs that do not decreasethe quality of thearea¶s aquifer
Creation of jobs that paya living wage and do
not decrease the area¶saquifer
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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 loanand local tax incentives from the city council
Conservation group wants to purchase thecompany¶s land. Local chapter is heading theeffort by asking the council not to approve theloan and tax incentives
As a city council what action will you take ?
What community social, economic orenvironmental priority are you supporting byyour decision?
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Summary
Community Development is moving
towards an approach that links
Holistic Thinking
Community of Interest, not just Place
Asset Based Approaches
Sustainability Concepts
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Contact Information:
Ohio State University Extension
Myra MossExtension Specialist, Sustainable Economic & Community Development Extension Center at Lima& Co-Leader, Extension Sustainable Development
Center [email protected]
Bill GrunkemeyerInterim Director, Extension Center at Wooster & Co-Leader, Extension Sustainable DevelopmentCenter [email protected]