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Maximizing Community Development: Strategies for Funding and Collaboration

Join Jane Ferguson on June 7, 2000, for an insightful session on community development leveraging practical strategies learned from local initiatives. Explore how to build effective rapport with various stakeholders, identify potential funding sources, and navigate your community's strategic plan. Discover the importance of partnerships, including government agencies, foundations, and local organizations, to ensure your projects thrive. Remember, success comes from teamwork and being prepared to seize opportunities.

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Maximizing Community Development: Strategies for Funding and Collaboration

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  1. “ Getting more BANG for your BUCKS!” Or“ Everything I needed to know about leveraging I learned in my backyard SEESAWING! ” Presented by: Jane Ferguson June 7, 2000

  2. Where do I start ? • Community’s Strategic Plan • Building Rapport • Finding Your Funding Source “Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” Will Rogers

  3. Community’s Strategic Plan • Know what’s in the plan • Know the benchmark leaders • Know what tasks need funding “Nothing is quite so embarrassing as watching someone do what you told them couldn’t be done.” source unknown

  4. Building Rapport with………. • Local/State/Federal Agencies • Private Sector • Educational System • Local/State/Federal Gov’t • Foundations and non-profits • Civic and Faith Based Organizations • Community Leaders • Grassroots Citizens “A man who believes he needs help from no one, quickly learns he has a fool for a partner.” source unknown

  5. Find Your Funding Source • Know what type of funding is available • Internet Factor • Networking • Be READY at all times. “Community Development is like an automobile. It won’t run by itself, except downhill.” Henry Ford

  6. SUCCESSFUL PARTNERING Dooly County Economic Development Training Center

  7. PARTNERS • Dooly County $ 156,800 • DCA (State) CDBG500,000 • USDA Rural Development RBEG 60,000 • Middle GA Technical Institute 52,500 • Ft Valley State University IN-KIND

  8. TRAINING CENTER CLASSES

  9. OTHER PARTNERS • Middle Georgia College IN-KIND • Georgia Southwestern State University IN-KIND • Medical College of Georgia (Augusta) IN-KIND • GA DOL (ONE-STOP) IN-KIND • Dooly County Commissioner (Training) $5,000

  10. SUCCESS…... MANNA TRUCK

  11. PARTNERS • WARREN COUNTY HDC IN-KIND • WARREN COUNTY IN-KIND • FEMA $ 6,000/YR • GOLDEN HARVEST FOOD BANK $72,000/YR • METHODIST CHURCH IN-KIND • CSRA EC IN-KIND • USDA RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN-KIND

  12. “A good person leaves an inheritance to his children’s children.” Proverbs 13:22

  13. Just When You Thought You Saw & Heard It All . . . .

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