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Southeast Roseburg Community Building and Organizing . Strengthening Our Community through Resident Engagement Facilitated by NeighborWorks Umpqua Initiated 2012. 3 Primary Components of CB&O . Resident Leadership Training and Engagement - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Southeast Roseburg Community Building and Organizing

Strengthening Our Community through Resident EngagementFacilitated by NeighborWorks UmpquaInitiated 2012

Southeast Roseburg Community Building and Organizing

3 Primary Components of CB&O Resident Leadership Training and EngagementCommunity Partnerships thru Resident Initiated ProjectsCommunity Impact Measurements Success Measures Data System

1. Resident Leadership TrainingIn 2012 representatives from participating orgs attended NeighborWorks Americas Community Leadership Institute in Orlando FL. NeighborWorks Americas CLI is a nationally recognized leadership training program helping communities through proven best practices.

2. Resident Identified ProjectsWhile at the CLI Training, participants identified a project plan, budget and timeline. NWA provided $2,000 to help it come to fruition. SERVICE and YO Center participants who attended last year are organizing a neighborhood clean-up event for June, 2013.

Other SE Rsbg Projects in 2013Paint the Town NeighborWorks UmpquaCity of RoseburgService Neighborhood AssociationYouth Outreach CenterCommunity Impact Measurement / CB&ONeighborWorks UmpquaService Neighborhood AssociationYouth Outreach CenterGIS Mapping and Tech support City of Roseburg Douglas County

3. Community Impact Measurement Year One Collect resident satisfaction data, block and property condition reports and 3rd party interview perspectives on SE Roseburg CB&O geographic area

Years 1, 2 & 3 Focused community and partnering efforts, project identification and efforts to connect residents to programs and opportunities

Year 3 Repeat data collection process

Report Out To Stakeholders

3rd Party Resources in the ProcessIMPLAN http://www.implan.com/V4/index.php?option=com_content&view=frontpage&Itemid=70

Success Measures at NeighborWorks AmericaSo, Why?Build Leadership Capacity Purposefully Network Organizations and Residents Building community by building relationshipsMeasure Impact through Data Collection- Years 1 & 3Locally Reports can help inform decision making by citizen groups and local governmentNationally - This work is being carried out in 240 NWA network cities around the USA. This will help legislators better determine the value of investing in this work.Why? Strengthening LeadershipInvesting in Leadership Training at the Community Level will Increase Resident Leadership Capacity in our Community

Why? LivabilityBringing Diverse Community Organizations Together in the Context of Leadership and Positive ChangeEnhance the Communication and Collaboration through the Pursuit of Common Goals Build A More Condusive Community Character & Culture

Why? Measure ImpactIncreased Livability of our Neighborhoods and Stabilization of our Housing Stock will have Positive affects on Our Tax Base

Paint the Town Mill - Pine District 2006Facilitated by NeighborWorks Umpqua

Principles of CB&O InitiativesBuild Stronger CommunitiesLed By Community ResidentsFocused on Collective ActionAimed at Relationship Building and Problem Solving

CB&O Is a Continuous, Self-Renewing Set of Efforts that:Builds a Stronger Community by Building Partnerships Around Project Development Exposes Our Community Leaders to Successful National Peer Networks Recognized Techniques and Top Notch Resident Leadership Training

SE Rsbg CB&O Activities & PlanningWhereSE Roseburg CB&O District BoundarySERVICE Neighborhood Association (yellow)

DRA (orange)

Area in Center includes several other multi-family sites (no color)

Data Collection Years 1 and 3Door to Door Resident Satisfaction SurveysInventory of Physical Condition (Block and Parcel Level)Stakeholder Interviews What is the Perception of the Greater Community of the SE Roseburg CB&O Area?

SE Roseburg CB&O PartnersAs of December 2012SERVICE Neighborhood AssociationYouth Outreach Center / Phoenix Charter SchoolNeighborWorks UmpquaDowntown Roseburg AssociationPotential Participating StakeholdersCity of Roseburg Community Development DepartmentRoseburg Police Department

Success Measures Data System What will be measured?Physical Conditions Based on field observations of structures and properties (block and parcel level)Resident Quality of Life Based on surveys of community residents of residents of multi-family housingEconomic Impact Of activities, measured by NeighborWorks America using IMPLAN input-output model, andCommunity and Program Context Selected programmatic data will be tied to NWU production reports to profile activity associated with NWU lines of business.

How Will the Data be Used?Reports generated as a result of the data collection and stakeholder interviews:Will be made available to help inform local decision making processes by community based organizations (CBOs) and/or local government

Can provide qualified and quantified data by CBOs for grant making purposes

Will provide the cornerstone for telling of the story about the impact of this locally driven work

Will be aggregated by NeighborWorks America for reporting purposes to the legislature measuring the impact of investment of public funds in community development work

SE Rsbg CB&O Activities - TrainingResident Leadership Training Annually, NeighborWorks Americas Community Leadership Institute provides high quality training in a major US city. Last year NWU sponsored (2) SERVICE Officers and (1) YO Center staff person to a 3 day training in Orlando FloridaPeer to Peer Training NeighborWorks Umpqua has applied to a NW America P2P training program that would allow for a couple of our CB&O volunteers to travel to a community that has been successful with this process.Local Volunteer Training for survey and inventory work.A Forum for Resident Identified GoalsIdentify Problems and Issues Affecting Livability such as Safety Issues as seen through the Eyes of Residents, Businesses and StakeholdersEstablish Neighborhood Forums to Communicate Equity IssuesBring the Right People to the Table to Effect ChangePlace Photo Here

Paint the Town Mill - Pine District 2006Facilitated by NeighborWorks UmpquaWhat Do We Think We Know?Government, non-profits and grass roots organizations invest substantial amounts of funds and volunteer hours into the community every year to improve conditions and safetyLocal businesses are approached repeatedly to donate their limited resources and to support a broad array of effortsMany individuals give what little personal time and money they have to support community effortsAt the end of the day, did anything happen?Can we measure the impact?A System for Creating and Measuring ChangeResident Leadership TrainingCreating Partnerships between Community Based OrgsCollaboration on Resident Identified ProjectsData Collection Through surveying Residents, Tracking Property Conditions, Stakeholder InterviewsUse of Nationally Recognized Data Processing and Economic Impact Measurement Tools And Maybe More to Celebrate

So Once More WHY?