The Rockford Horizons Leadership Team, comprised of your Rockford neighbors, is beginning to prepare a strategic action plan to reduce poverty through the year 2012. (This is the third and final development step in our 18-month long Horizons community leadership project which began in September 2008). The first step is to survey residents and community members to see what they feel are the most important and promising strategies to adopt. The next, second step will be to hold two community meetings (June 23 & 30 at 6:00pm at the Harvest Moon) to gather additional public input and to write the action plan. Please plan on attending and bring friends/neighbors!
We invite you to take the survey located to your right. All answers are strictly confidential! All input will help us shape the above mentioned Action Plan! Your input is very important and all ideas will be considered in plan development.
This survey is organized around three guiding poverty reduction goals identified by our funder, the Northwest Area Foundation. They include: increased individual assets/wealth among low income people, increased community capacity to achieve sustainable prosperity, and improved public policy solutions to reduce poverty.
Thank you for taking the Community Poverty Reduction Survey.
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As awareness of this valuable blog spreads and area residents participate betterment projects in Rockford, such as the Farmer's Market, initiated last year and continuing to grow and flourish, will happen.
Watch for additional information in The North Palouse Journal, too.
Attend Horizons meetings and Rockford Community Center meetings, held regularly at Harvest Moon Banquet Room. Contact Todd Hart Todd Hart, 291-4601, Vivian Plank, 291-3722, Mary-Lou Benson, 291-3146, or City Hall, 291-4716 for times and dates.
MV
The Harvest Moon Restaurant has graciously allowed Rockford's Horizons Poverty Project Communications and Education team to provide placemats that inform customers about the two important meetings, June 23rd and June 30th when Horizons' team leaders will gather additional public input and write the action plan. Please plan on attending and bring friends/neighbors!
What's been accomplished to reduce poverty so far will also be presented by team leaders of the three projects deemed most important at the community dinner\asssembly last winter.
Please take a moment to RSVP at the Harvest Moon, and thank the owner for participating in this vital project to reduce poverty.
MV
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