Submitted by Richard Knott
Sustainable Community Project
Community Liaison
http://www.spokanetribe.com/userfiles/file/June%20AR%20SCP%20Brochure.pdf
The Sustainable Community Project kicked off the first series of community meetings at the New House Center on May 23, the West End Community Center on May 25, and the Spokane TANF building on May 26. These meetings were facilitated by Antithesis Research (AR) staff. For this first meeting, the Wellpinit Community was introduced to the project through the Health and Housing Fairs, but we will schedule regular Wellpinit meetings at the Long House in the future. The purposes of these first community meetings were to introduce the Sustainable Community Project and to discuss the meaningful community participation surveys. The New House meeting had the biggest turnout with ten people in attendance. West end had eight people attend and in Spokane we had one person attend. In addition to a chili and cornbread or fry bread dinner for participants, a raffle was held for those who turned in meaningful community participation surveys at each meeting. If you were unable to attend any of these first meetings, please e-mail or call any of the Antithesis Research (AR) staff for more information (info@antithesisresearch.org or 509-258-7469).
We will be holding additional meetings the last week of June to address a different aspect of the planning process, community visioning. We will be asking how you, the community, would like to shape the future of the Spokane Tribe. Melodi Wynne has developed a “horizoning” exercise to assist in visualizing what we would like to see. We will be listening for your ideas about how you would like to see future housing developments, transportation alternatives, parks and recreational opportunities, improving energy efficiency, future economic developments, and how to create healthy, safe and walkable neighborhoods in addition to any topics that are important to you. We will use these ideas to create a community vision statement for the Sustainable Community Project to guide the tribe for the next 30 years and beyond. Look for our flyers around the community for time and dates of these next meetings. There will be a dinner, activities for the youth, and a raffle! We also will be holding family meetings (meal included) where you and your family meet with us to learn more about the Sustainable Community Project, learn how to stay involved throughout the project, ask questions, and share ideas. If you are interested in scheduling a family meeting with the Sustainable Community Project staff please contact Melodi Wynne (mwynne@antithesisresearch.org) or Richard Knott (rknott@antithesisresearch.org).
Upcoming Sustainable Community Project Community Meeting Schedule
New House- June 27, 2011 5:30pm-7:00pm
West End- June 29, 2011 5:30pm-7:00pm
Spokane TANF- June 30, 2011 5:30pm-7:00pm
Wellpinit- TBA
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