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Celebrating Success in Your Community |
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Nebraska communities can celebrate CD Week by hosting local prolamation signings and ceremonies to recognize colunteers and development professionals. Suggested activites for Community Development Week include: - Kick-off Community Development Week with a proclamation signing by local officials. A sample proclamation is provided at the CD Week website. Invite representatives from local organizations who are involved with community development projects.
- Hold a community appreciation dinner or awards program to recognize local residents for their valuable contributions to community development.
- Hold a town meeting to celebrate completed community development projects or projects-in-progress. Use the gathering to inform residents of community accomplishments, set new goals and objectives for the community, and recruit new volunteers for future endeavors.
- Hold an open house at a public facility such as the city hall, library, hospital, fire hall, or community center.
- Educate residents about the services and facilities provided in your town. An information booth at a centrally located site can help inform residents.
- Increase public awareness about community development projects through press releases, public service announcements, a storefront display, and/or media contacts. Try showcase features on community and economic development achievements completed in the last year.
- Work with business owners and the chamber of commerce to promote downtown and area businesses with special sales, evening hours, or similar activities. Try recruiting businesses that are interested in donating a percentage of the day’s receipts to local improvement groups or projects.
- Write letters to congressional representatives or state senators sharing your achievements and expressing your opinions about the resources or programs that help make community development projects possible.
- Track your community development outcomes. A compilation of finished projects can help inform citizens of the project’s impact and issues the community is addressing. The compilation can also be used as a sharing resource for other communities and as an indicator of community progress.
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Community Development 