CD ISSUES TO/ ASPECTS OF COMMUNITY LIFE:

Neighborhood planning
Citizen participation
Grassroots organizing
Housing
Economic development
Social welfare
Public safety
Health
Education
Recreation
Environment

6 steps
1) Gather up information (demographics & maps)
2) Analyze the planning information you have collected
3) Get some tentative community ideas
4) Generate community choices & develop alternative scenarios
5) Make a written plan
6) Think thru the plan implementation & whether it should be divided into
phases
What is dynamic?
1. STATIC
Topography
Natural Characteristics of the site
BASE CITY
Historical Assets of City
2. DYNAMIC
Land uses
Population
Densities
Utility systems/ Energy
Water distribution system changes
COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT
Refers to the process enabling communities to increase control over their lives.
Communities are groups of people that may or may not be spatially connected,
but who share common interests, concerns or identities.
Empowerment:
Is a core principle of CD
Means giving people (including the poor, minority and marginalized community
members) the power to be able to make decisions, choices and directions that will
lead to an improvement of their lives.
It means that beneficiaries being the major stakeholders in the development
process have the power to manage their own development
Successful empowerment means making sure that the quitter, less articulate
voices are heard and that the interest of disadvantage sections of the community
are promoted in decision-making areas, whether through direct participation,
representatives or advocates

Empowered community is one which is (national empowerment partnership)

- Confident
- Inclusive
- Organized
- Cooperative
- Influential

QUESTIONS

What surprised you the most about

If money were no object, what would you recommend to do in your
community?
If we would change one perception of our neighborhood which one would
it be?
If you are re-planning the entire city, what would this neighborhood
specialty be? What the citys specialty should be within the country or
region?
Do you see the economic situation of individual households in this
community improving declining in the next 10 years? Why?
If we could get wave a magic and get rid of one eyesore in our
neighborhood, which one would you choose? Why
Who needs to change for our area to be better?

Setting stage ad planning by tentative community goals

7 steps in CD planning and process
1. Create a vision
2. Assess the current situation (SWOT)
3. Set goals
4. Establish objectives
5. Develop action plans
6. Implement the plans
7. Evaluate progress

1. INTERVIEW
2. SURVEY
3. READINGS