TND Community Engagement & Chelsea Shurtleff Bellingham Initiative
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TND Community Engagement
& Chelsea Shurtleff
Bellingham InitiativeMay 2014Melissa WalshDirector of Community EngagementThe Neighborhood Developers
Our mission: to build vibrant and diverse neighborhoods with homes that are affordable to families with a mix of incomes, where people choose to invest in the social fabric, economic opportunities and built environment
Our Investment Strategies
Foundation of Place
Network of People
Residents with Resources
To foster a resilient social fabric and civic infrastructure
Grounded in principles of environmental and financial sustainability.We are here for the long-term.
To strengthen markets and expand affordable housing
To increase economic stability and resilience
Community Engagement at TND The CE program aims to:
- Build social capital by fostering person-to-person and people-to-place relationships
- Develop the skill and will of resident leaders to take on leadership roles at TND and in their community
- Encourage civic engagement in order to build neighborhoods of choice were neighbors have elevated community standards and a sense of efficacy
TND Community Engagement
Civic Engagement
Neighbor to Community
Neighbor to Neighbor
Membership Clean Ups NeighborCircle ProjectsPark Builds First Thursday Walden Coffee HouseTenant Events Block Parties Community Art ProjectsCommunity Events
NeighborCircles Welcoming Program Tenant Events Door Knocking
Neighborhood Planning Community CommitteesCity Forums & Meetings Public MeetingsAdvocacy Campaigns Voting
TND Community Engagement
Civic Engagement
Neighbor to Community
Neighbor to Neighbor
Leadership
Development
• 1,515 unique individuals participated Community Engagement events with a sum of attendance at 2,060
• 1,300 unique individuals participated in 80 community building events, meeting their neighbors and fellow community members
• 460 community residents participated in 80 civic projects and/or public forums that seek to improve neighborhood conditions and to address broadly shared community concerns
• 811 TND members• 75 leaders participated in
leadership development• 180 individuals took on
leadership roles, including 35 new leaders
• 900 residents participated in sharing their perspectives on community conditions through the Resident Experience Surveys (354) and other surveys/interviews
2013 Impact
Working Cities Challenge•Neighbor Circles
Shurtleff Bellingham Initiative
1. Support bold, promising approaches that have the potential to transform the lives of low-income people and the communities in which they live.
2. Build resilient, cross-sector civic infrastructure that can tackle the complex challenges facing smaller industrial cities and achieve population-level results.
3. Move beyond programs and projects to focus on transforming systems; promote integration across multiple systems and issues.
4. Drive private markets to work on behalf of low-income people by blending public, private, and philanthropic capital and deploying it in catalytic investments.
5. Accelerate and learn from promising work already underway.
6. Create a successful model for New England and beyond
Shurtleff Bellingham Initiative Theory of ChangeNeighbor Circles
Shurtleff Bellingham Neighborhood Theory of Change
Nationally regarded leadership and services provides solid foundation to address neighborhood challenges, but siloed delivery limits impact
Isolation and low civic engagement reduces residents’ use of resources and results in low community standards for individual achievement, behavior and community conditions. Relentless outreach and community-defined standards will connect individuals to services, neighbors to neighbors, and build civic engagement, resulting in progressively higher community standards.
Siloed services are challenging for individuals and families to access and result in inefficient use of limited resources. Coordination and integration of goals with mutual accountability will improve outcomes and facilitate understanding of systemic barriers.
Neighborhood change is complex, with many interrelated systems that may have unexpected impact on each other as they change. Integrated data insures mutual accountability while providing a continuous feedback loop that facilitates ongoing refinement of goals, actions and community standards.
Shurtleff/Bellingham becomes a great place to live, work and play, for current and future residents. The strength of the neighborhood and the systems changes that have supported its transformation are felt in neighborhoods throughout Chelsea.
ENGAGED
STAKEHOLDERS
define Community Standards and
connect residents to resources
INTEGRATED SERVICES and accountability
for shared goals that address Community
Standards
SHARED DATA provides
continuous feedback for
plan refinement
NEIGHBORHOOD
OF CHOICE where people
invest time and resources
EXISTING RESOURCES provide Best
Practices foundation for S/B
transformation
Shurtleff Bellingham InitiativeRoad Map
Shurtleff Bellingham Initiative27 Cross-Sector Partners• Al Huda Society• Bay Cove Human Services - ASP• Bunker Hill Community College• Boys & Girls Club• Centro Latino• Centruy 21 D'Amico & Associates• Chelsea Bank• Chelsea Chamber of Commerce• Chelsea Collaborative• Chelsea Housing Authority• Chelsea Police Department• Chelsea Public Schools• Chelsea Revere Winthrop Elder
Services• City of Chelsea
• Community Action Programs Inner-City (CAPIC)
• Community Enhancement Team• CONNECT• HarborCOV• Metro Credit Union• MGH Chelsea Healthcare Center• Mitchell Properties• North Suffolk Mental Health
Association• Roca• Chelsea Hunger Action Network• Salvation Army• Stop & Compare Supermarket• The Neighborhood Developers
Healthy Chelsea & TND CollaborationA stronger, healthier community
• Adopt a Park• Walking School Bus Outreach• Exploring collaborative asthma prevention work
… and there is potential for more!
Contact Us!Reuben Kantor Chelsea SBI [email protected]
Melissa WalshCommunity Engagement [email protected]