Enhance the Community

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• Enhance the Community

Group Members Charles Oyibo Scott
Presslak Angela Sims Aisha Turner
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• Economic Development

Objective

• Develop Nursing Training Program

Actions/Strategies

• Establish an endowment or scholarship fund in
  conjunction with a community development
  corporation
• Scholarship will focus on individuals who want to
  pursue preliminary nursing degree
• 125 per semester for 4 Students, 500 per
  semester (total), 1,000 per year (total)
• Collaboration between Kennedy-King College,
  Provident/County, University of Chicago, and
  Mercy Hospital (south side medical district
  (SMD))

Evaluative Criteria

• Create an oversight panel consisting of all
  vested parties.
• Oversight panel will develop monitoring criteria
  to include standards for scholarship
  qualification, completion of program, and
  placement success
• The panel will also report annually to larger
  community oversight team on progress and success

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Select a construction oversight committee (COC)
or develop a new CDC to oversight this
specific project The COC/CDC will conduct
feasibility study and will develop RFP for lead
development company, and select winner of bid.
Objective

1. Establish new nursing care facility and assisted
   living

Actions/Strategies

• Verify available space of 54th St. and King Drive
• Select a construction oversight committee (COC)
  or
• or develop a new CDC to oversight this specific
  project.
• The COC/CDC will conduct feasibility study and
  will develop RFP for lead development company,
  and select winner of bid.
• Facilitate job placement of community CNA
  graduates

Evaluation Criteria

• Economic Development (cont)

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• Transportation

Objective

Strategy 1

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Implementation

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• Tourism and Marketing

Objective

Strategy 1

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Implementation

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• Community Outreach

Objective

1. Create an oversight committee of community
   stakeholders who will oversee community
   plan/strategies

Strategy 1

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Implementation

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