Category: Community Engagement
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Why Participatory Processes Matter
Several weeks ago, I wrote a piece concerning what I consider to be the importance of individual and collective ownership of local “resources” (or, to use another word, “capital”) to long-term sustainability and self-sufficiency.
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Hope and Collaboration Grow a Business
Flower business owner and longtime Clarkston landowner meet at VilCap Start and form partnership to grow a test plot Bikash Chhetri had the idea to start a flower business. He knew there was demand for his product, and he wanted to provide it. But he didn’t have a place to grow. Then he met Ben…
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The One Story Problem
As someone who works in the non-profit world, I’m often asked to share one story that sums up all of CDF’s work at any given point in time. As a person who works in community engagement, I find this nearly impossible because by choosing one story over all of the others, the value of 100+…
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CDF announces new initiative called the Community Trust
“We spend a lot of time in community conversation asking ‘What if?’” said Chris Thompson, a team member at CDF.
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Clarkston Community Festival Success!
Congratulations to the Clarkston Community Festival Committee on a successful Clarkston Community Festival Kickoff this past Sunday. More than 100 community members, Clarkston residents, and families attended the Community Festival Kickoff,
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Table Sign Up
Residents working on various projects and issues around the community are encouraged to sign up for a table at our June 13th event.
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Community Academy
Community Academy teaches principles of community development while highlighting local projects “That’s what I love about Clarkston. If you want to be included, you can. It’s all here.” – Ruth Staples, Community Academy Participant May 13-17, CDF hosted the Community Academy, a week-long training course designed to provide community leaders with a toolbox of skills…
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Reflections on the Clarkston Entrepreneurial Accelerator Program
As a CDF Board member, I am very proud of the role CDF played in launching and supporting the VilCap Start Entrepreneurial Accelerator Program in Clarkston.
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Business accelerator connects entrepreneurs with Clarkston area leaders and resources
See Update Article and the Winners! The East Room at the Clarkston Community Center was crowded with Clarkston community leaders seated at eleven tables, each with yellow cards displaying their names and the organization they represented. Their excitement and eagerness to help was palpable. A group of local entrepreneurs gathered together at two tables of…