Community Revitalization through Neighborhood Renewal

(2-5 Years)

The community revitalization phase focuses on implementing the comprehensive plan to develop leadership, strengthen organizations, improve social and material conditions and address key policy issues. The core activities are:

Community Outreach/Civic Engagement: Doing targeted outreach to priority populations based on community goals and implementing a public education program on community empowerment and social change.

Infrastructure Development: Implementing leadership development programs and providing technical assistance and training to strengthen and stabilize community-based organizations/networks/collaboratives/service delivery systems.

Relationship Building: Promoting cross-cultural bridge-building through program development/implementation, community dialogues, cultural celebrations and multi-cultural education programs; and promoting inter-agency collaboration/ partnerships.

Community Development: Implementing community projects to change local conditions through physical/economic/social development, service delivery coordination, resource leveraging and program monitoring/review.

Organizing and Advocacy: Doing community research, developing a policy agenda and engaging in policy/advocacy campaigns with regional support.

Community Research and Evaluation: Assessing program/project outcomes, identifying best practices and engaging in comparative neighborhood analysis.

Social Change Indicators:

• Community Leadership/Involvement
  
• Leadership Development and Organizational/Collaborative Effectiveness
  
• Cross-Cultural Relationships
  
• Socio-Economic Changes
  
• Advocacy Campaigns
  

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