Our commitment to reduce poverty
Our December question is “In what ways have community members made a commitment to reduce poverty? How does the community plan to make sure the entire community supports its plans and actions to reduce poverty? How is poverty reduction addressed in your Community Strategic Plans?”
The issue of poverty reduction is embedded in each of our four goals. We need quality affordable housing, good jobs, and ways to help improve our quality life. That’s what our goals aim for. I think the community will support the strategic plan because the committee listened to the community when developing the goals. They weren’t written in a vacuum. The feedback received at the community celebration evidenced that the committee had the pulse of the community in developing the plan. When people volunteer to be part of something, then you know you heard what they wanted to say!