Get Support to Ignite Your Idea
The Ignite Vibrant Communities Strategies
1.1 Explore Culture + Values
Engaging your stakeholders through interviews and surveys to gain deeper insight
- Celebrate history, values, and norms
- Cultivate a culture of action that upholds shared values and fosters trust
- Reduce inequalities, preserve cultural heritage, and express shared identity
1.2 Assess Readiness
Reviewing and analyzing your socioeconomic indicators and existing community plans
- Understand how you rate along key sustainable development indicators
- Identify needs around issues of culture, sustainability, and opportunity
- Develop a shared commitment to goals and strategies
1.3 Map Resources
Identifying assets and strengths to meet your needs and improve overall quality of life
- Organize around community assets
- Develop a total capital approach (financial, social, and intellectual) to achieve vibrancy and equity goals
- Leverage resources to attract and absorb additional capital
1.4 Determine Priorities
Hosting community meetings to collect stakeholder input and develop commitment to shared goals
- Build alignment, momentum, and support
- Connect initiatives to a broader community vision
- Identify people who are willing to partner and take action
- Focus collective resources to accomplish shared goals
1.5 Create an Action Plan
Developing activities, processes, and accountability mechanisms to guide a community of action
- Create an accessible plan to guide development efforts
- Prioritize short and long term projects that accomplish goals
- Identify necessary resources
- Inspire people to take collective action
1.6 Identify Leaders
Hosting workshops to help your early adopters to build plans, connect with resources, and take action
- Build a network of business and nonprofit leaders
- Inspire collaboration and strengthen networks
- Demonstrate progress towards development priorities
- Create stories that amplify vision, values, and positive change
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