Through our individual and collective efforts, armed with knowledge, we can become
advocates for community change. The four guiding principles of collaboration,
accountability, leveraged resources and shared best practices undergird the successful
implementation of the strategies identified in the CIP. In this next phase of
implementation, we encourage public, private and non-profit organizations and
agencies to form collaborations that address these challenges. By joining together
we can address gaps in the systems, build efficiencies, gain understanding and
better address our collective responsibilities to the community we share.
Listed Below are suggested Community Strategic Actions that might launch our
collective efforts for a better Spartanburg beginning in 2006:
- Continue to use the citizen driven process structure to communicate and implement
the Community Improvement Plan.
- Encourage all organizations and not-for-profits to participate in the ownership
and implementation of the CIP strategies developed by the Taskforces.
- Identify a single source to gather, process and analyze data for the Community
Indicators Report in order to simplify this process going forward.
- Leverage the diversity of the Spartanburg community in decision making that
impacts the quality of life in Spartanburg County.
- Develop a mechanism to balance the resources required to implement long-term,
proactive strategies and short-term quick fixes.
- Conduct regularly scheduled leadership meetings to coordinate agendas around
community improvement so that individual competing interests do not impede overall
progress.
- Continue to work with existing organizations to develop a comprehensive 20-year
plan for Spartanburg County and link the CIP to that plan.
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