Download - Creating Community Vision
Summit: 09South Haven, Michigan
Vision Friday, November 6, 2009
Randy Parry, President
Vision
What do we want to: Look Like
Be Like3-5-10 years from now
Transformation vs. Revitalization
Grassroots
Kids spark community understanding
Leadership from within
Strategic community plan
Inclusiveness Interviews
Everyone Is A Resource
Task Force and Committee Meetings
Over 300
Research and Analysis
County and Surrounding
Counties
Strategic Planning Team
NetworkingCoordinationCooperation
Collaboration
Implementation of Living Plan
People Who Know It Best Call This
Place Home
Diverse and Inclusive Collaborative Planning for the Future
Placed Based Learning
What is this place we call Home?Researching DataAnalyzing the DataGrassroots Input Creating the Strategic PlanCommunicating the PlanLeaders Making Informed Decisions on
AnalysisTelling the Stories
Description of Community Vision Meetings
Students and Community coming together
Large group meetingsSmall home group meetingsDiscussed shared vision of the communityRead relevant articles on community
developmentProblem solving
◦Identifying the problems◦Defining the underlying causes◦Selecting Solutions
The Effects
• Demonstrate that every person’s ideas are valued and every person is a resource
• Demonstrate that local people can change the financial outlook of their community
• Facilitate strategic thinking, form new alliances and identify emerging leadership
• Determine decisions on the basis of facts rather than opinion or personal interest
• Demonstrate that local people can provide the leadership to implement their community’s strategic objectives
Multi-Dimensional Solutions
Creation of a Long-Term Strategic PlanDo away with “Silo Mentality” LeadershipBroad-based Informed Decision MakingDevelop Regional CollaborationsInvest & Support LocalDevelop a New Economy--Economic
Engines Create Life-Cycle Housing
The Plan
Economic Development Housing
People & Organizations(capacity building)
Economic DevelopmentInvesting In & Supporting The Local Economy
• Improving & Communicating Access to credit
• Supporting & Facilitating Renewable Energy Industry Development
• Supporting & Enhancing Systems of Business Recruitment, Expansion & Retention
• Developing & Implementing Community Beautification Programs
• Creating & Providing Access to Systems of Affordable Quality Childcare
• Facilitating Development & Promotion of Local Tourism
• Developing & Building Rural Learning Center
Housing
Developing & Rehabilitating Housing
Low-Income Housing
Housing for Seniors & Individuals with Disabilities
People & Organizations Working Together
Increasing Investment in Miner County
Managing Strategic Leadership Change
Managing Strategic Organizational Change
Industrial Park
Industrial Park
Intentional Leadership Development For Positive Systemic Change
Committee/Advisory Role to Leadership Decision Making
222% Increase in New Leaders since 2000
170% Increase in Groups Working to Implement Plan
TRANSFORMATION
NOT JUST BETTER
BUT DIFFERENT
Energy Maintenance Service
Knight & Carver
The Plan
Economic Development
Housing
People & Organizations(capacity building)
Miner County Development Corporation (MCDC) dba
Whispering Winds Assisted Living
Miner Homes Inc.Independent Living
Housing
Creating and maintaining affordable life-cycle housing through:◦ housing construction and◦ rehabilitation of property.
The Plan
Economic Development
Housing
People & Organizations(capacity building)
Building Capacity
Communities that invest in themselves are successful◦Financial Capital -- $$$◦Human Capital -- education, health, attitudes
◦Environmental Capital -- natural resources◦Social Capital -- relationships of trust and exchange
◦Courtesy of Daryl Hobbs
• Miner County Christian Alliance• Miner County Awareness & Assistance• Carthage Improvement Association• Miner County Historical Society• Miner County Art & Culture• Miner County Mentoring• Children’s Care Corner• Miner County Heritage Fund• CORELLL• Miner County Development Corporation• Rural Learning Center• Fedora Volunteer Firemen
Formed Organizations
Vision Statement
The Miner County Economy will◦meet basic consumer needs◦will be driven by attracting, involving, and
retaining talented and progressive individuals. We will create an attractive
environment with amenities and a quality of life necessary to attract and retain talented, progressive individuals.
Organizations will collaborate
We have seen the future…
Miner County Lessons Learned
• Value All People• Help Residents Improve Their “Hometown Economy”• Build Leadership, Strategic Thinking, and Alliances• Base Decisions on Facts• Be Sure Local People Lead• Use Grassroots Discussion to Create Commitment• Continually Foster Relationships and Resources• Seek Broad-Based, Informed and Dedicated
Leadership• Commit to the Long-Term• Share the Stories
MinerCoLessons.org
Thank You!
Let us ReImagine Rural and become the Architects of Change