coastal georgia indicators coalition blueprint update presentation

8/20/2019 Coastal Georgia Indicators Coalition blueprint update presentation

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Chatham Community Blueprint

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Document Scan Summary

92 Documents Reviewed

331 Vision or Goal Statements Catalogued in 17 areas: Land Use 73

!conom" # 7$

%atural Resources # &2

'n(rastructure )*u+lic ,or-s. # /0

ransortation 4o+ilit" # /7

*u+lic Services # /$

5uman Services # 39

5ousing # 36 !ducation # 32

5ealt # 29

!mergenc" 4anagement # 2&

5istor" # 22

*u+lic Sa(et" # 21

8rts Culture # 1/

Civic Resonsi+ilit" # 1/

Diversit" # 7 Criminal ustice S"stem # 6


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Ensuring the Community Has a Voice Community Engagement

Neighborhood Forums

14 events, with at least 1 in each of 8 County Districts

Focus Groups

6 events, 2 with Municipal Leaders, 2 with Youth, 2

outlying county Community Conversations

12 events, 7 different topics

Public Opinion Survey

30K households in Chatham County have been randomly

selected 1900+ Returned

Community Wide Meetings

08/19 with 240+ people attending


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Survey Highlights

Completed a public opinion survey with 1900+responses

Top 3 “most important future improvement needs”

Top 3 “ view on planning through the year 2035” Reduce Crime, Education/Job Training, Local Government

Place, Race & Income matters!


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• Link curriculum with needs of employers

• Reduce poverty through out Chatham County

• Promote and encourage small business grown & support of

local business

Vision: ECONOMY

In 2035, Chatham Community anchors athriving, business-friendly, regional economy in which all

workers are prepared forquality jobs, andresidents

feel empowered to attain a high quality of life.


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Vision: EDUCATIONFromearly childhood education throughpost-secondary

achievement, Chatham’sinnovative andinclusive

educational systems are a nationalmodel of academic

excellence that enable students to have theknowledge,

skills and abilities to succeed atchosen pathways in 2035.

• Incentivize and promote parental involvement &

responsibility.• Facilitate partnerships between businesses & educationalinstitutions.

• Ensure that life skills & conflict resolution are beingtaught to students


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Vision: HEALTHIn 2035, Chatham has aculture of health including

equal access toquality andaffordable healthcare,

chronic diseaseprevention,health inclusive policies

andenvironmental design.

• Address mental health and related stigmas• Increase access to healthy food.•

Instill health in schools.


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Vision: QUALITY OF LIFE

In 2035, our community achieves a superior quality of

life due toefficient public mobility and an

environment where citizens aresafe, active and

healthy.

• Reduce crime to ensure all residents feel safe• Promote & provide use of sidewalks, bike lanes, trails,pathways, etc.

• Develop collaboration, a network among similarorganizations to improve efficiency.


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Transparent Process

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CGIC Next Steps

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Contact Information

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Director

Coastal Georgia 'ndicators Coalition

912&611/70

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www=coastalgaindicators
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