Create Huntington Project

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Create Huntington Project Community and
Economic Development Analysis and Strategic
Planning September 29, 2008

The catalyst for great results
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Expected Outcomes

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• Shared vision for the City of Huntington
• Recommendations on how the vision can be achieved
• Development of a creative community strategic
  plan
• Huntington's creative community strengths,
  challenges, opportunities, and threats identified
• Engagement of citizens in a participatory process

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• Understanding of the current and needed community
  and economic development assets and resources
• Measure the level of community capacity and
  social capital the exists in the City
• Existing teams and efforts connected,
  coordinated, and supported
• User-friendly planning and development resources
• Create Huntington, Inc. structure developed

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• Potential Functions of
• Create Huntington, Inc.

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• Neutral entity made up of diverse City
  stakeholders
• Span across decades and administrations
• Community visioning
• Assessment and evaluation
• Planning and change management
• Networking, relationship-building, and
  collaboration
• Information sharing

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• Resource development and support
• Citizen engagement and involvement
• Advocacy, education, and policy change
• Demonstration incubation
• Coordination and integration of resrouces
• Professional development and learning
• Capacity building

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• Project Organization

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• Funded by the Claude Worthington Benedum
  Foundation
• Administered by the City of Huntington
• Directed by Create Huntington
• Facilitated by the Collective Impact team of
  consultants
• Bruce E. Decker (Principal Partner)
• Leslie S. Stone (Stone Strategies)
• Steven B. Heasley (Heasley Consulting)

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• West Virginia
• Community Development Model

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• Project Description

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• Planning sessions with Create Huntington Team
• Project kickoff
• Data review, capacity assessment, and development
  of community profile
• Huntington Speaks
• Plan development and presentation

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• Planning Sessions with
• Create Huntington Team

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• Guide the analysis and planning process
• Engage stakeholders to participate
• Help to plan and implement project activities
• Review project findings and develop components of
  the strategic plan

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• Project Kickoff

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• You Are Here !

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• Data Review, Capacity Assessment, and Community
  Profile

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• CI to compile and review existing data and plans
• CI to conduct and summarize capacity assessment
• CI to provide consultation and template to
  Marshall University Center for Business and
  Economic Research for developing the community
  profile

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• Huntington Speaks

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• Discussion groups
• Surveys
• Online feedback

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• Target Audiences

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• Non-profit and governmental organizations/entitie
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• Citizens of Huntington
• Business community
• Marshall University community

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• Plan Development and Presentation

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• Create Huntington Strategic plan
• Customized, glossy, full-color print ready
  digital version
• At-a-glance summary document
• Executive summary of strategic plan - customized,
  glossy, full-color print ready digital version
• Action planning spreadsheets
• Microsoft Excel version - easy to use, update,
  and revise

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• Project CD
• Digital version of information developed during
  project
• Information uploaded to the Create Huntington
  website
• Presentation of findings
• PowerPoint Presentation
• Estimated project completion early February, 2009

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• www.createhuntington.com

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• What would you like to see come out of the Create
  Huntington Project?
• (Goldenrod Sheets)

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• How can we get people involved in the Create
  Huntington movement?
• (Green Sheets)

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• What are you willing to do to help Create
  Huntington?
• (Blue Sheets)

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• Jewel City Contest

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• Identify where the name Jewel City came from
  and tell the story behind the name and how
  Huntington can be that again
• Collective Impact will select a winner from those
  that submit information to the Jewel City contest
  template on the Create Huntington website
• Collective Impact will donate 250 on behalf of
  winner toward a community project in the City -
  any matches?
• The winner will be asked to tell the story at
  the presentation of findings event and their
  name will be published in the final report along
  with their story

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• Neighborhood Voice Contest

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• On behalf of the neighborhood with the most
  attendance at the resident community discussion,
  Collective Impact will donate 250 toward a
  community project in that neighborhood - any
  matches?
• Participants will be asked to identify the
  neighborhood where they live on participant
  sign-in sheets at session
• The winning community will be acknowledged at the
  presentation of findings event and in the final
  report

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• Please Join Us!

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Collective ImpactThe catalyst for great results

• 156 Magill Road
• Zelienople, PA 16063
• Telephone [phone]
• E-mail emailus_at_collectiveimpact.com
• www.collectiveimpact.com