CDI East 2006 Trends & Issues

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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?



Trends and Issues in CommunityDevelopment:

Building Sustainable Communities

Presented to Community Development Institute - East

September 25, 2006



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?



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



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?



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?



Trends in Community Development



Four Trends

Community Development is moving to

intentionality through shifts toward:

Holistic Approach

Community of Interest

Asset Based Sustainability



Trend One

Holistic Approach to CommunityDevelopment

Components of community developmentare interlinked





Support Inf rastructure

Health Care

Ed and Info

Systems Retail Sector

Recreation andParks

Financial Sector

Housing

Law Enforcement

Cultural Arts

Labor Force

ReligiousInstitutions



Community Capitals



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



Trend Two

Emerging Redefinition of Community



Community of Place

West Virginia

Charleston

Neighborhoods

Blocks

Streets



ECOLOGICAL ECONOMIC

SOCIAL

Community of Interest



What would be priorities for aperson who thinks of community as an

economic place?

ECONOMIC



What would be priorities for a person whothinks of community as a social place?

SOCIAL



What would be priorities for a person whothinks of community as an environmental

place?

ECOLOGICAL



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



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



Trend Three

Asset Based Approach toCommunity Development



Problem Solving

Traditional community development

focuses on identifying and solving

problems



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



Trend Four

Movement Toward BuildingSustainable Communities



Sustainability

Development which meets the needsof the present without compromising

the ability of future generations tomeet their own needs.

Brundtland Commission 1987



Intentionality

Purposeful design of equitablebenefit for each sector in connectionwith all other sectors



Characteristics of Sustainability

InterconnectedEconomy, Society, Environment

Long term focus

Inclusionary

Multidimensional



Interconnected

Equity

Sustainability seeks fair distributionof benefit within and between thethree sectors of community



Social Equity

Ecological IntegrityEconomic Prosperity



Inclusionary

Residents bring their assets to bear

Empowered residents decide

Barriers to participation are reduced

Go to where people gather



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



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



An Indicator

Tells us:

Where we are

Where we are going

How far we have to go



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



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?



Summary

Community Development is moving

towards an approach that links

Holistic Thinking

Community of Interest, not just Place

Asset Based Approaches

Sustainability Concepts



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]

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