About TEAM Guilford
Over the last eight months, TEAM Guilford hosted a series of Community
Conversations with individuals, organizations and constituencies
throughout Guilford. Citizens of all ages and from all facets of
the community came together to determine the core values that are
important to us as a community, identify critical issues that the
community is facing, and then mobilize to build on our strengths
and take action to address those needs.
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Phase I
From November through February, there was a
series of facilitated Community Conversations that took place in
various locations throughout Guilford. People from all sectors of
the community were encouraged to register for and attend one of
the conversations.
Phase II
During March and April, data from these conversations
was compiled in a report that identifies key themes related to the
community’s strengths, weaknesses, values we should live by
as a community and action ideas for working on key issues.
Phase III
A Community Forum will be held in late on Sunday
April 27th when people from across the community (approximately
200) come together to review the key themes that have emerged through
the Community Conversations, discuss their own ideas about core
issues, and move into task groups to begin tackling the issues.
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 Press Release September 28th, "Community Initiative Launched" - Read more.
Download the presentation from the TEAM Guilford Kick-Off event.
Shoreline Times, October 17, 2007 - "New Social Action Group Launches Plan to Galvanize Community"
Guilford Courier, October 4, 2007 - "TEAM
Guilford Kicks Off: Public Asked to Help Create Better Life in Guilford"
Shoreline Times, April 5, 2008 - "Forum:
Turning Ideas Into Reality"
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 Early 2006 – the idea of a Healthy Communities-Healthy Youth Project was explored by a cross-section of Guilford’s leadership; eventually shifted to a broader community focus
January 31, 2007 – a smaller “Steering Committee” met to regroup, think of other approaches, decided on an inclusive community engagement process
Between November, 2007, and February, 2008, TEAM Guilford
ran a series of Community Conversations and surveys that got
input from approximately 300 Guilford citizens and workers from
a wide range of backgrounds. The input was around 4 key questions:
on what they love about Guilford, what the issues and concerns
are, what values we need to build a strong community and ideas
to address the problems. The data from these conversations and
a report on the findings can be accessed on the data
page of this website.
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