Union County
Information on the Community Wealth Building workshop in Cove that was held April 3, 2010
The Cove Building Wealth in Local Communities workshop was attended by about 40 people. They represented a broad cross-section of our community, but what was extremely interesting about the workshop was the amount of common ground the group had and the plethora of terrific ideas.
Everyone defined community wealth as more than economics. They said it included relationships, the local environment, diversity, natural resources and a sustainable future. They also said a wealthy community includes all its members in its wealth. They said they felt good about our community and people were both extremely concerned and hopeful about the its future.
Participants also came up with an impressive list of strategies and actions to help us achieve our best possible outcome in our community. Everything from doing an import/export assessment of our community to mentoring young farmers. Many others expressed the need to keep supporting local organizations and especially ORA to promote our local community wealth.
We are still developing our next steps but some action is already occurring. Many folks are attending the community workshop meetings to help bring a community workshop and commercial kitchen to Union County where folks can start new business or expand. Others are moving ahead to connect local non-profit organizations and to improve the local food system.
Download the group's Collective Statement (Word)
Download
the original event flyer (PDF)
Read about our Blue Mountain Chapter's work in Union County
