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WHAT IS A PUBLIC POLICY LUNCHEON? 🍽️ If you’re new to the Chamber of Commerce, new to the Sanford Area Growth Alliance, or new to Sanford in general, you may not be familiar with the format of our events. No worries… we’re here to help! 😁 Our Public Policy Luncheons are a combination of a catered lunch from a local restaurant and public policy forum. These events bring business and community leaders together to network and discuss a variety of important policy issues and topics in a casual but structured manor. 🤔 After brief organizational updates from key community leaders, subject matter experts offer timely and informative presentations on a specific public policy topic each month. 🗓️ This event takes place on the first Monday of each month at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic And Conference Center at Central Carolina Community College from 11:45 am to 1:00 pm, with the exception of some summer months (stay tuned and check out our calendars on https://lnkd.in/eNrxFDKK). 🌞 Potential upcoming topics include: 🧳 The Economic Impact of Tourism with the TDA 🗳️ Why Rocking Your Vote Matters ☑️ Updates from Lee County Government and the City of Sanford, NC 🏘️ Growth in the Housing Market and Housing Affordability … and more! We’d love to see you there! Tell us what topic you’re most looking forward to! ✍️ #SAGA #lunch #publicpolicy #sanford #community #leecountync

Very pleased to have spoken for Westminster Forum Projects last week on next steps for High Streets and Towns with lessons from Historic England's Heritage Action Zones and High Street Heritage Actions Zones programmes and the combined DCMS Arms' Length Bodies Levelling Up Places Service. Grateful to all speakers for putting heritage in the spotlight as a vital asset that towns should be looking to invest in and for support of our lessons learned about: ·      moving work with communities from 'engagement' to participation to leadership,  ·      the need for lead in time for major capital spending and the opportunities for other meaningful activity in that time to build participation and partnership and to get the long-term plan in place,  ·      the importance of a mixed portfolio of investments (large and small) to achieve area wide benefits and allow flexibility, and  ·      the opportunities for heritage to provide homes, spaces for business and opportunities for communities to come together and create. Fitting a lot in to 15 minutes and appreciated thoughtful Q&A for which answers:  ·      historic buildings aren’t inherently fuel inefficient and they can be made more efficient using means that protect their value, whilst avoiding damp – we enable pragmatic conservation (not dogmatic preservation); ·     evaluating long term investment projects requires thoughtful data collection at the outset including qualitative perception studies, but also requires reconsidering your KPIs as time and policies pass (what benefits did you deliver that didn't expect?); ·     there is great opportunity for adult skills training in heritage investment programmes. Great Yarmouth Preservation Trust's brilliant model of participation and learning is one for many to learn from. and these are skills in maintaining and bringing buildings back into use that are needed across the country in great numbers. More detail on Heritage Action Zones here: https://lnkd.in/eDyU8V_B and the Levelling Up Places Service here: https://lnkd.in/eWPzB6rm

Great insights were shared at the FOCUS St. Louis event! Former St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay, Former St. Louis County Council Member Colleen Wasinger, and Former President & CEO of Bi-State Development and Mayor of Chesterfield John Nations provided valuable nuggets on finding common ground through civil discourse. Here are some key takeaways from the event: 1. Building relationships is crucial to achieving success. 2. Working across party lines is necessary for progress. 3. Disagreements can be productive, as long as they are respectful. 4. Avoid seeking attention in a negative way. 5. Politics should be about the business of people, not outside agendas. 6. Our young people need more ways to connect and get involved. It was good to hear the discussion on how we can improve civil discourse in our community. Thank you to Yemi A. Akande-Bartsch, Ph.D and Jody Sowell Sowell for facilitating these important discussions. Let's continue to strive for civil discourse and finding common ground. #FOCUSStLouis #CivilDiscourse #CommunityDiscussions

Our 2022 annual report examines the many great things happening in North St. Louis County and the significant results this comprehensive work is producing in Pagedale. Download the report to learn how this provides a template for moving all of St. Louis forward: https://ow.ly/Ncxx50Q3tKL

We must listen to the lived experience of our youth When we listen to the youth we can develop sustainable and compassionate interventions that are person centered. The person centered interventions are the ones that sustain the empowerment It’s when we become disconnected from the voice of lived experience that we see our progress stagnation So let’s do what we can to not only listen to but include in leadership boards and policy the voice and action of youth and others with lived experience.

Portlanders: What kind of city council leaders do you want to represent you? The 2024 Portland: Your City, Your Choice Survey from the Oregon Values & Beliefs Center Values and Beliefs Center focuses on Portlanders' core values and beliefs by asking questions ranging from quality of life to the kind of City Council members you want representing the city. Just take it! https://lnkd.in/grq3Qfey

When strategy is turned into practice, good things happen in rural America. That's the story for the City of Madison, SD. PASQ was invited to collaborate with seven city and community leaders to build a three-year strategic plan for one of South Dakota's up-and-coming communities. The result? Real, tangible solutions changing lives for the better. Learn more about the "magic" in Madison and how we at PASQ can help you build an actionable, strategic vision in your community. 👇

We have a section of our website dedicated to answering your questions about how we work. You can find all of our answers (so far!) here — https://bit.ly/47tgLtY — and we encourage people to submit new questions too: https://bit.ly/47KiMSm One question we're commonly asked is, "How is the community involved in your work?" Our answer: in many ways! For example, we include past Fellows and other community leaders in selecting Bush Fellows. We also ensure community perspectives inform our grantmaking, from advisors to develop program strategies to community references about individual grants. And we regularly survey people who directly experience our programs — including both applicants and people who help with selection — and make changes based on their feedback.

There’s a crucial link between climate change and housing insecurity, and panelists at the 2024 Building Michigan Communities Conference are coming together to talk about it. Supporting these conversations gives space for collaborative approaches to building resilient communities that are essential to developing effective solutions for Michigan residents. If you’ll be at the conference, add “The Intersection of Climate Justice & Housing” panel to your must-attend list! #ClimateJustice #HousingResilience #HousingEquity #CommunityResilience

In my latest column for Chicago Tribune, I lay out a roadmap for how Mayor Johnson can take advantage of the tremendous latent potential of Chicago's business and civic community to deliver on the promise of "the city that works."