Tag Archives: Community-­building

Initiative for Rural Innovation and Stewardship

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The Initiative for Rural Innovation and Stewardship works with the community to teach development for sustainable rural communities and natural resources-based economies by implementing projects across North Central Washington. One project they have done is Classroom in Bloom which is a one-half acre farm on a shared campus for the Methow Valley. Initiative for Rural Innovation and Stewardship has three programs that they take part in, Regional Food Systems, Nature of Place in North Central Washington, and Healthy Lands. These programs help the community though education, promote biodiversity in the ecosystem, and produce and promote exchange of food in North Central Washington.

Organization Type: NGO

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(509) 881-1812

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P. O. Box 4563 Wenatchee, WA 98807

Mountains to Sound Greenway

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Mission: “The Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust leads and inspires action to conserve and enhance the landscape from Seattle across the Cascade Mountains to Central Washington, ensuring a long-term balance between people and nature.”

Vision: “An iconic 1.5 million-acre landscape that conserves a healthy and sustainable relationship between land and people by balancing built and natural environments. A landscape providing places for nature and wildlife, for outdoor recreation and education, for working forests and local agricultural production, while embracing vibrant urban areas with strong economies.  A landscape supported by a broad cross-section of society, working together as an effective coalition to preserve this heritage for future generations.”

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(206) 382-5565

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911 Western Ave, suite 203, Seattle, WA, 98104

1000 Friends of Oregon

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Mission statement: Working with Oregonians to enhance our quality of life by building livable urban and rural communities, protecting family farms and forests, and conserving natural areas.

Organization Type: Non-Government Organization

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(503) 497-1000

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133 SW Second Ave., Suite 201, Portland, OR 97204

Just Garden Project

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From Their Website: The Just Garden Project builds a just food system and a culture of gardening for all people. We do this by building gardens, educating gardeners, celebrating our community and engaging youth in our work. Through our programs we work to simultaneously end hunger and food related health issues by nurturing a culture of gardening for the generations to come.

Organization Type: Not-For-Profit Corporation

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(206) 633-0451

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4649 Sunnyside Avenue N. Suite 100 Seattle, WA 98103

Viva Farms

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Viva Farms “provide new farmers affordable access to education, training and technical assistance; capital and credit; land and markets.”  Farmers are given a square mile of farm land to get started.  The vegetables are sold in a CSA (community supported agriculture) approach in box shares.  Its parent organization is GrowFood.org, a national organization.

Organization Type: Not-For-Profit Corporation

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(360) 707-3223

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Viva Farms P.O. Box 1714 Mount Vernon, WA 98273

Transition Olympia

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According to their website, “Transition Olympia is a grassroots effort in Olympia (and surrounding areas) confronting the triple threat of Global Climate Change, Peak Oil, and Economic Contraction by catalyzing local resilience and revitalizing our communities.

Transition Olympia connects and strengthens our network of individuals and groups that focus on building local resilience. We support self-reliance and an abundant, vital community that can adapt to changes in food, energy, economic, and social systems. They are making movements towards small, site specific, community-based solutions.”

Organization Type: Not-For-Profit Corporation

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(360) 481-4235

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No Permanent Address

Neighborhood Revitalization Program (NRP)

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The Logo for the Neighborhood Revitalization Program (NRP)

1990-2011

DESCRIPTION:
The Neighborhood Revitalization Program (NRP) makes the city’s residential areas better places to live, work, learn and play. NRP is an investment program based on truly empowering residents by bringing them into the priority-setting process of the city. The NRP is an investment program based on truly empowering residents by bringing them into the priority-setting process of the city. It is based on the belief that the empowerment of residents and the mobilization of untapped resources, energy and creativity can make our collective desire for a better future a reality.
LEGACY:
By the end of 2005, NRP had committed $280 million to improving neighborhoods and implementing Neighborhood Action Plans. Under the statute committing resources to NRP, the State of Minnesota required that 52.5% of all invested revenues be used for housing and housing related programs, projects, services and activities.
THE PROCESS:  
The NRP uses a six-step process to help residents define what they want for their neighborhood, prepare their Neighborhood Action Plan and begin successful implementation. Residents, with support and assistance from NRP staff.
THE GOALS:
The Policy Board established four primary goals for NRP when it was established in 1990:
1.) Build neighborhood capacity.
2.) Redesign public services.
3.) Increase inter-governmental and intra-governmental collaboration.
4.) Create a sense of community.

Organization Type: Not- For-Profit

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(612) 673-3737

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Room 220, Tri Tech Center 331 2nd Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55401

Environmental Coalition of South Seattle

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On the website, their mission states, “ECOSS is a nonprofit organization that encourages urban redevelopment and a healthy environment by providing education, resources and technical assistance to diverse businesses and communities in the Puget Sound region.”

ECOSS was established in 1994 to address challenges over the imbalance of the South Park neighborhood and lower Duwamish River. By bridging the interests of residents, industry, and government, the organization has created a model that is both sustainable and mutually beneficial. Over the years our work has expanded in range and scope as other communities have recognized the benefits of this holistic approach.

Organization Type: Not-for-profit organization

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(206) 767-0432

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8201 10th Ave S, #3,Seattle, WA 98108

Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust

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The Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust is a coalition of farmers, environmentalists, timber companies, developers, federal and state agencies and more. They strive for a  sustainable relationship between people and nature in the 1.5 million acre landscape.

Their mission is to lead and inspire action “to conserve and enhance the landscape from Seattle across the Cascade Mountains to Central Washington, ensuring a long-term balance between people and nature.”

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Organization Type: Non-Profit

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(206) 382-5565

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911 Western Avenue, Suite 203 Seattle, WA 98104

City Repair Project

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As stated on the webpage, “City Repair is an organized group action that educates and inspires communities and individuals to creatively transform the places where they live. City Repair facilitates artistic and ecologically-oriented placemaking through projects that honor the interconnection of human communities and the natural world. The many projects of City Repair have been accomplished by a mostly volunteer staff and thousands of volunteer citizen activists.”

City Repair emphasizes sustainability through localization.  With Placemaking as a sustainability strategy, they hope to foster engaged and active relationships between community members and the spaces they inhabit.  They assist community members in creating communal and ecologically oriented places through educational or hands-on projects such as Intersection Repair and Village Building Conference.

Other City Repair fields include:

•Urban Planning and Design

•Ecological and Social Sustainability

•Community resource localization

•Nonhierarchical decision-making

•Equality, diversity and peace

•Cultural identity and Bioregionalism

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(503) 235-8946

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PO Box 42615 Portland, OR 97242