THRIVING PEOPLES

MOTIVATIONAL QUOTES.5 POWER OF DECISION ELIMINATES DILEMMA IN LIFE AND MAKES YOUR MOVES MORE FASTER. --BARBARIAN WAR IS DEDICATED TO THE WARRIOR AND THEN LEGACY IS DEDICATED TO LEGEND OF THE SAME GRASS. --JOHN MCGRATH NO FRUITS ARE OBTAINED IF NO SEEDS ARE PLANTED, SIMILARLY,  NO ACTION WILL BE PERFORMED IF NO CONVICTION AND COMMITMENT IS PLANTED. -SAMUEL. J .HARRIS POWER OF THE POSITIVITY IS SHOWN ON THE CHARACTER AND  INTERNAL HUMAN POTENTIAL NOT ON THE EXTERIOR AT INITIAL STAGES. --FIONANCEL BE THE WOLF WHO ACTS ALONE  INSTEAD OF SHOWING OFF LIKE A LION IN THE CIRCUS, --MARK LUCAS

The economic development of community Definition The process of creating wealth through the mobilization of human, financial, capital, physical and natural resources to generate marketable goods and services. The economic developer’s role is to influence the process for the benefit of the community through expanding job opportunities and the tax base. The purpose of community development is to produce assets that may be used to improve the community, and the purpose of economic development is to mobilize these assets to benefit the community GROWTH VS DEVELOPMENT Growth by itself could be either an improvement or a detriment to a community. For instance, a facility that paid very low wages might open in an area and the population and overall size of the economy might increase, but per capita, incomes might fall, and the quality of life might suffer. Such growth could bring more congestion, pollution, and other negative externalities without a commensura...

Community visioning Many communities begin their visioning project by determining the vision or desired future. Others look at where the community currently finds itself before identifying the desired future. Both approaches have produced quality results in visioning projects around the country.  However, starting with the vision statement is preferred because it sets a positive tone for the process from the very start. This process convenes residents holding very diverse perspectives who come into the process with personal agendas.  By starting the process with the development of visual themes, participants recognize early on that despite the different views, there are many areas on which they all agree. Experiencing such a “win” early on in the process sets the tone for participants to work toward agreement throughout the process . A vision is a “stretch”   In spring 1961, President John F. Kennedy, seeking increased funding for space explorati...

Steps for Initiating Community Development Acquire Knowledge and Execute Each community has its own special characteristics which make it different from another community. The differences may take the form of availability and utilization of resources, culture, attitude, behavior and social development needs. The following are the major steps for initiating community development. Step 1: Goal setting Goal setting is the first step in the initiation of community developmental activities. It comes before planning and implementation. During goal-setting, the CDW should consider the socio, economic, cultural and demographic aspects of the community. In addition, they should also look at the availability of resources like manpower, planners and implementers. The goal should be “simple” in nature. Step 2: Understanding the people in the community Before planning and implementing a community development program, it is important to learn about the people in th...