Sustaining action and creating structural change around community
How will your community make decisions about seeking further resources to support its plans?
Organization leadership will be encouraged to seek financial assistance for community projects through the use of available grants. Also by attending regional conferences sponsored by Horizons, leaders can learn about additional resources thay may not now know are available. Also thorough discussion by ALL leaders of ALL organizations will make it easier for the whole town to be on “the same page” concerning community projects and steps being taken to complete these projects.
Is a system in place to seek, receive, monitor and report on new resources to support community work?
One system being enacted currently is that all organizations, including Community Club/Horizons, Fire Department, Iroquois Housing, City of Iroquois, school system and anyone else interested, will hold twice a year joint meetings. This joint meeting will enable all to seek, receive, monitor and report to all other organizations where they have found help and all organizations will know the progress of others. This blog site is an excellent resource in itself. On it other towns report on their successes and where they found resources. An example of giving help to other towns is the success of Iroquois Housing. This group has been fielding questions from across the state asking how it is that a tiny town like ours can build and occupy 15 new homes in the past few years. Leaders have also participated in discussion groups and conferences relaying how we’ve done it. Also a close working relationship with the county commission is an excellent way to keep avenues of discussion open.