Blueprint Communities Delaware Training Program

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Blueprint Communities DelawareTraining
Program

• Developed and presented by
• The Center for Community Research Service
• University of Delaware
• April 15-17, 2008

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Welcome Back!

• On behalf of the Federal Home Loan Bank of
  Pittsburgh and the University of Delaware, we
  welcome the nine community planning teams and
  their members back to the Blueprint Community
  Training Program

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The Trainers

• In order of appearance, the individuals who will
  be leading the training over the next two days
  are
• Dr. Steven Peuquet
• Prof. Raheemah Jabbar-Bey
• Dr. Leslie Cooksy
• Dr. Anthony Middlebrooks
• Mr. Scott Smith
• Their bios can be found on the course website.

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Course Webpage

• Remember, all neededinformation and links for
  this course can be found on the course webpage
  located at http//www.udel.edu/ccrs/blueprint

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To Refresh your memory . . .

• Lets review the goals and component parts of
  the Blueprint Communities Program

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Overall Goal of BC

• The creation of well-conceived and
  comprehensive community revitalization plans that
  contain one or more feasible project or program
  proposals

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Components of BC

• this 10-month long training program
• technical assistance and coaching for each of the
  nine community planning teams
• the provision of specially prepared community
  profiles for each community
• specially prepared media kits for each planning
  team
• eligibility for mini-grants to initiate the
  implementation of feasible projects and programs
• Improved access to funding sources upon
  successful completion of the program

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• The Community Strategic Planning and
  Implementation Process
• Strategic Community Planning and Implementation
  Process Diagram

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Knowing Your Community

• Communities consist of
• Physical geographical characteristics and natural
  events
• Topography, soil and other ground
  characteristics, water, climate, weather, etc.
• Flora and fauna
• Plants and animals
• Man-made structures
• Houses, schools, libraries, community centers,
  commercial and industrial buildings, streets,
  overpasses and underpasses, etc.

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Knowing Your Community

• Communities also consist of
• People and their culture(s)
• Individuals, families, households, organizations,
  all with a variety of characteristics, including
  gender, race, ethnicity, religion, age, income
  and wealth, language, etc.
• Social and economic processes
• Birth and death rates, household formation rates,
  economic structure, rates of economic growth or
  decline, etc.
• Natural, cultural, social and economic histories
• Communities have histories, histories that have a
  variety of meanings to current and past
  residents, and to non-residents

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Knowing Your Community

• Distribution and discussion
• of community profiles

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Knowing Your Community

• Distinction between data and information
• Positive vs. normative data/information
• What is vs. what should be
• Cross-sectional vs. longitudinal data
• Qualitative vs. quantitative data
• Strengths and weaknesses of each
• Its not an either/or proposition -- both are
  needed.

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Knowing Your Community

• Discussion of Quantitative Methods
• Units of observation
• Variables
• Measuring characteristics, events and attitudes
• Analysis of single variables
• Range
• Measures of central tendency (mean, median and
  mode)
• percentage change
• Relationships between two or more variables

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Knowing Your Community

• Where to get the data you need
• Primary data
• Examples closed-end surveys, inventories, check
  lists
• Secondary data
• Examples U.S. Census, administrative records
• Costs and benefits of each
• Data and information sources (see course webpage)

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Knowing Your Community

• Discussion of qualitative methods
• Please welcome Dr. Leslie Coosky

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Knowing the Environment Outside Your Community

• Applying what weve learned
• up to this point to the broader community, state,
  country and world

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Evaluation of Todays Training

• Please complete the evaluation survey instrument
  that has been passed out.

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Day 2 of Training

• Focus on leadership, conflict resolution, civic
  engagement, and making your team and community
  heard

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Review and Q A

• Review of yesterday, questions, answers
• and discussion

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Leadership and Teamwork

• Please welcome Dr. Tony Middlebrooks

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Leadership and Teamwork

• Now for some observations
• about civic engagement from
• Prof. Raheemah Jabbar-Bey

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Conflict Resolution

• Please welcome Ms. Kathy Wian

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SWOT

• What is SWOT Analysis and
• how do you do it?
• Dr. Steven Peuquet

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Being Heard

• Presentation of the
• FHLB communications tool kit
• Please welcome Mr. Scott Smith

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• Reading Assignments for the May 16th
  SessionAvailable on the course webpage
• http//www.udel.edu/ccrs/blueprint

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• Homework Assignment for
• May 16th Session
• Available on the course webpage
• http//www.udel.edu/ccrs/blueprint

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Evaluation of Todays Training

• Please complete the evaluation survey instrument
  that has been passed out.

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Thats It for Now!

• This concludes our training
• for now. See you in Dover for the next session on
  May 16th.