7. Community Development:
A process through which
people and communities
acquire the attitudes, skills
and abilities for active
participation in creating
meaningful futures and
dealing with community
issues.
8. housing development
economic development
bioenergy
health care
Community
education and youth
Development leadership
development
other
infrastructure development agricultural development
9. 4 Principles of Good Practice
3 Community Development
Principles
2 Assumptions
1Values and Beliefs
The Core of Community Development
10. right to participate
right to strive to
right to maximize create environment
human interaction
CD Values
1 & Beliefs motivation created by
interaction and
participation
right to strive to affect
imposed environment participatory democracy
developing capacity
12. free and open participation
broad representation
right to be heard
and increased
breadth of
CD
3 Principles
perspective
right to participate
accurate information
understanding is basis for change
13. enhance leadership capacity
sustainable active and
In long term representative
participation
CD Principles of
disengage if 4 Good Practice co-learning
adversely
understanding impacts
affecting of alternative courses
disadvantaged of action
shared leadership
incorporate diversity
14. Conceptualizing Community Development
The Layer Cake Model
C D D
I
O E E
N E
M V V
D C
M E E
INDUSTRY U O
U Agriculture Tourism L L
S N
N Forestry Retirement O O
T O
I P P
PHYSICAL R M
T Water Industrial Park M M
INFRASTRUCTURE Sewer
I I
Y Utilities E E
Roads Waste Disposal
A C
N N
Streets L
D T T
SUPPORT Ed. & Info. Systems
E Health Care
INFRASTRUCTURE Recreation and Parks
V Retail Sector
Churches Financial Sector
E Law Enforcement
Housing The driving force is a shared
L
vision for the community
O HUMAN
P INFRASTRUCTURE LEADERSHIP
M Individuals and INFRASTRUCTURE* * Vision
E Families Knowledge of Dev. process
Knowledge Family Structure
N Health Care Ability to empower others
Skills Vision of the Future
T Retail Sector
Technical Knowledge Sources
Education levels Community Spirit
Churches
Housing
Self Reliance Environmental Scanning
NATURAL RESOURCE BASE
15. Conceptualizing Community Development
The Community Capitals Model
Cornelia Butler Flora, North Central Regional Center for
Rural Development, Jan Flora, Iowa State University, 2004.
16. establish organizing
group
identify who is
celebrate to be included
success
Community collect/analyze
review and Development information
evaluate
Process create purpose
implement action
plan
develop vision
develop action and goals
plan
expand the
organization
17. Elements in CD Process
Community is unit of action
Local initiative and
leadership are the
resources we use
Blend of internal and
external resources
18. Elements in CD Process
Inclusive participation
Organized comprehensive
approach
Democratic task
accomplishment
19. Challenges & Changes
Ability to articulate to
people what we are
Working with groups that
are more and more
marginal
Framing properly the
issues
20. Challenges & Changes
Helping deal with
unforeseen consequences
of actions
The fast pace of electronic
communications
Accomplishment vs.
process
21. adequate and
accessible, quality affordable housing
health care
quality lower crime
environment rate
Ongoing affordable
bioenergy
Community
visionary Development adequate
capital
leadership
community pride
& quality schools and
involved citizens education
22. CD Benefits
Protects from Increases
selective ability to
participation implement
Increases decisions
representation
23. Contact Information:
Johanna Reed Adams, Ph.D.
Community Leadership State Extension
Specialist
Extension Assistant Professor – Rural
Sociology
223 Gentry Hall
Columbia, MO 65211-7040
Ph. 573-882-3978
adamsjr@missouri.edu
www.communitydevelopment.missouri.edu
Editor's Notes
Built Capital: water systems, sewers, utilities, health systems Natural Capital: air, soils, water (quality and quantity), landscape, biodiversity with multiple uses. Cultural Capital: Cosmo vision, language, rituals, traditional crops, dress Human Capital: self-esteem, education, skills, health Social Capital: leadership, groups, bridging networks, bonding networks, trust reciprocity Political Capital: Inclusion, voice power Financial Capital: Income, wealth security, credit investment
Do group exercise : Ask half of the groups to consider themselves starting to work in a community to form new community organization where people are involved in developing new community facility. Ask half of the groups to consider themselves a review team for a proposal from a community organization for start-up funding of a business retention and expansion program. Ask participants to develop 5-6 key questions to ask in determining whether organization that you are a part of is community-based. Draw on principles of good practice.
Do group exercise : Ask half of the groups to consider themselves starting to work in a community to form new community organization where people are involved in developing new community facility. Ask half of the groups to consider themselves a review team for a proposal from a community organization for start-up funding of a business retention and expansion program. Ask participants to develop 5-6 key questions to ask in determining whether organization that you are a part of is community-based. Draw on principles of good practice.
Do group exercise : Ask half of the groups to consider themselves starting to work in a community to form new community organization where people are involved in developing new community facility. Ask half of the groups to consider themselves a review team for a proposal from a community organization for start-up funding of a business retention and expansion program. Ask participants to develop 5-6 key questions to ask in determining whether organization that you are a part of is community-based. Draw on principles of good practice.
Do group exercise : Ask half of the groups to consider themselves starting to work in a community to form new community organization where people are involved in developing new community facility. Ask half of the groups to consider themselves a review team for a proposal from a community organization for start-up funding of a business retention and expansion program. Ask participants to develop 5-6 key questions to ask in determining whether organization that you are a part of is community-based. Draw on principles of good practice.