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All About Community Development in Portage County
Last modified
2006-10-03 12:07
Defining Community Development in
Portage County
As educators within Ohio's land grant university, we help people by assisting them to identify needs and resources to improve their communities. We recognize and appreciate the uniqueness of each community and encourage communities to develop capacity and create vitality to enhance citizens' lives.
The Community Development educational areas in Portage County:
- Farm Land Preservation
- Community Based Planning
- Community Leadership
- Public Issues Education
- Economic Development
As Community Development professionals we value:
- Education as a means to help people identify assets, capacities, needs, resources, and solutions
- Civic involvement (or participation) to improve the quality of community/ neighbor hood life
- Internal and external collaborations and partnerships
- The uniqueness of individuals and communities/neighborhoods
- The applied and theoretical dimensions of community development
- The development of viable communities through the wise use of natural, economic, social, and human resources
- Information and knowledge as a basis for decisions
