Civic Engagement Through A Communitys Visioning Process

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Civic Engagement Through A Communitys Visioning
Process
A Rural Community College Initiative North
Florida Community College Project
Mr. Morris Steen, President, North Florida
Community College Dr. Theophilos Mantzanas,
Community Initiatives Coordinator, North Florida
Community College
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Madison County Development Council North
Florida Community College

• MCDCNFCC Partnership for Civic Engagement a
  synergistic and opportunistic relationship
• MCDC Vision 2010
• NFCCs RCCI focus on Civic Engagement

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Madison County Development Council North
Florida Community College

• Vision 2010 Madison County and the NFCC
  Visioning Process for the Future
• Community-wide meetings to establish a renewed
  Vision 2010
• Identification of strengths, resources and
  barriers
• Creation of committees to address key barriers
  while relying on strengths and resources
• Focus on cultural and social capital
• Strategies to maintain momentum and progress

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Madison County Development Council North
Florida Community College

• Vision 2010 Madison County and the NFCC
  Visioning Process for the Future
• Community-wide meetings to establish a renewed
  Vision 2010
• What to add, preserve, and change
• Identification of strengths, resources and
  barriers

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Madison County Development Council North
Florida Community College

• Vision 2010 Madison County and the NFCC
  Visioning Process for the Future
• Community-wide meetings to establish a renewed
  Vision 2010
• Creation of committees to address key barriers
  while relying on strengths and resources

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Madison County Development Council North
Florida Community College

• Vision 2010 Madison County and the NFCC
  Visioning Process for the Future
• Community-wide meetings to establish a renewed
  Vision 2010
• Focus on cultural and social capital
• Social networks (involving reciprocity and trust)
• Personal empowerment and participation

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Vision 2010 Committees

• Strategies to maintain momentum and progress
• Monthly MCDC meetings and reports on committees
• Committee reports distributed to all committees
• Focus on milestones
• Media Visibility Newspaper articles and radio
  interviews
• Joint-Committee meetings to address mutual areas
• Interventions by RCCI Core Team
• Additional Community-wide meetings to report
  progress of committees and to recruit new members
  and resources

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Linkages beyond the Community

• Partnerships with other organizations
• Housing Committee Habitat for Humanity alliance
  with another community
• Health Committee Medicare Part D application
  workshops in another community
• Environment Committee Membership in surrounding
  counties with identical issues (wetlands
  management, mercury pollution)
• Education Committee Best practices between
  school systems

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Monitoring and Evaluating

• Monitoring Procedures
• Indicators of progress
• Accountability and intervention strategy
• Evaluation
• Focusing on the specific accomplishments of the
  Vision 2010 Plan
• Distinctions between outputs and outcomes

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Q A

• Point of Contact
• Dr. Theophilos Mantzanas
• North Florida Community College
• RCCI Project Team Leader
• mantzanast_at_nfcc.edu
• 850.973.1304