Creating Community Vision
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This document summarizes the strategic planning process undertaken in Miner County, South Haven, Michigan. Over 300 community members participated in interviews and meetings to develop a long-term strategic plan. The plan focuses on economic development, housing, and building community capacity. New organizations and businesses have formed to implement the plan. The community has seen increased leadership, collaboration, and investment as a result of their grassroots, inclusive strategic planning process.
Creating Community Vision
- 1. Summit: 09South Haven, MichiganVision Friday, November 6, 2009Randy Parry, President
- 2. VisionWhat do we want to:Look LikeBe Like3-5-10 years from nowTransformation vs. Revitalization
- 3. Kids spark community understandingLeadership from withinStrategic community planGrassroots
- 4. Inclusiveness InterviewsEveryone Is A ResourceTask Force and Committee MeetingsOver 300Research and AnalysisCounty and Surrounding CountiesStrategic Planning TeamNetworkingCoordinationCooperationCollaborationImplementation of Living PlanPeople Who Know It Best Call This Place HomeDiverse and Inclusive Collaborative Planning for the Future
- 5. Placed Based LearningWhat is this place we call Home?Researching DataAnalyzing the DataGrassroots Input Creating the Strategic PlanCommunicating the PlanLeaders Making Informed Decisions on AnalysisTelling the Stories
- 6. Students and Community coming togetherLarge group meetingsSmall home group meetingsDiscussed shared vision of the communityRead relevant articles on community developmentProblem solving Identifying the problemsDefining the underlying causesSelecting SolutionsDescription of Community Vision Meetings
- 7. Demonstrate that every person’s ideas are valued and every person is a resource
- 8. Demonstrate that local people can change the financial outlook of their community
- 9. Facilitate strategic thinking, form new alliances and identify emerging leadership
- 10. Determine decisions on the basis of facts rather than opinion or personal interest
- 11. Demonstrate that local people can provide the leadership to implement their community’s strategic objectivesThe Effects
- 12. Multi-Dimensional SolutionsCreation 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
- 13. Economic DevelopmentHousingPeople & Organizations(capacitybuilding)The Plan
- 14. Improving & Communicating Access to credit
- 16. Supporting & Enhancing Systems of Business Recruitment, Expansion & Retention Developing & Implementing Community Beautification Programs
- 17. Creating & Providing Access to Systems of Affordable Quality Childcare Facilitating Development & Promotion of Local Tourism
- 18. Developing & Building Rural Learning CenterEconomic DevelopmentInvesting In & Supporting The Local Economy
- 19. Developing & Rehabilitating HousingLow-Income HousingHousing for Seniors & Individuals with DisabilitiesHousing
- 20. People & Organizations Working TogetherIncreasing Investment in Miner CountyManaging Strategic Leadership ChangeManaging Strategic Organizational Change
- 21. Industrial Park
- 22. Industrial Park
- 23. Committee/Advisory Role to Leadership Decision Making222% Increase in New Leaders since 2000170% Increase in Groups Working to Implement PlanIntentional Leadership Development For Positive Systemic Change
- 24. TRANSFORMATIONNOT JUST BETTERBUT DIFFERENT
- 26. Knight & Carver
- 27. Economic DevelopmentHousingPeople & Organizations(capacitybuilding)The Plan
- 28. Miner County Development Corporation (MCDC) dbaWhispering Winds Assisted Living
- 29. Miner Homes Inc.Independent Living
- 30. HousingCreating and maintaining affordable life-cycle housing through: housing construction and rehabilitation of property.
- 31. Economic DevelopmentHousingPeople & Organizations(capacitybuilding)The Plan
- 32. Building CapacityCommunities that invest in themselves are successfulFinancial Capital -- $$$Human Capital -- education, health, attitudes Environmental Capital -- natural resourcesSocial Capital -- relationships of trust and exchangeCourtesy of Daryl Hobbs
- 33. Miner County Christian Alliance
- 34. Miner County Awareness & Assistance
- 36. Miner County Historical Society
- 37. Miner County Art & Culture
- 40. Miner County Heritage Fund
- 41. CORELLL
- 42. Miner County Development Corporation
- 44. Fedora Volunteer FiremenFormed Organizations
- 45. Vision StatementThe Miner County Economy willmeet basic consumer needswill 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
- 46. We have seen the future…
- 47. Value All People
- 48. Help Residents Improve Their “Hometown Economy”
- 49. Build Leadership, Strategic Thinking, and Alliances
- 50. Base Decisions on Facts
- 51. Be Sure Local People Lead
- 52. Use Grassroots Discussion to Create Commitment
- 53. Continually Foster Relationships and Resources
- 54. Seek Broad-Based, Informed and Dedicated Leadership
- 55. Commit to the Long-Term
- 56. Share the StoriesMiner County Lessons LearnedMinerCoLessons.org
- 57. Thank You!Let us ReImagine Rural and become the Architects of Change