Shaping Our Summit’s Projects
What We Do
Citizens Planning Academy – a seven-week
course offered each fall to
provide citizens with an understanding of community planning and a roadmap
for how residents can participate in the decisions regarding planning,
growth and development.
Community Collaboration Award – a
semi-annual award recognizing and
promoting collaboration among businesses, government and non-profits.
Community eGroup - an e-mail based system
for efficient exchange of
information about community involvement opportunities, issues and events.
To join, please click on the “Community eGroup” web page on the left for instructions.
Community
Forums, Neighborhood Meetings and Meeting Facilitation - Shaping our Summit
offers a range of facilitation and problem solving services that
support involvement and collaboration.
These include: Strategic
Planning to increase effectiveness for non-profit organizations, Collaborative, Countywide Projects, Public Forums to allow a safe place for dialogue
on controversial issues, and Process Design and Meeting Facilitation to
assist governments in getting input from constituents, in general or on a
specific issue. For details please see
our page on Facilitation Services.
Indicators of a Healthy Community: Measuring
Summit County's Quality of
Life – a report to monitor quality of life and help the community identify priority areas for action. View the 2000 report at: Summit County Report.pdf
Community Orientation Video - for people new
to the community.
Local's List - a guide to volunteering and
activities in Summit County. Please
click on the “Local Non Profits” link to the left.
Make a Difference Day – a national day of
service celebrated annually in
October in Summit County by matching hundreds of volunteers with non-profits
and schools to complete action projects
Voter Information – non-partisan information
on both sides of election issues in
newspaper and television format before each election.
“What’s Involved with Being Involved” – a
program to educate students from
elementary through high school about how our community works and how to
participate; one session brings Summit County business, government and
non-profit leaders into the classroom to provide for an exchange of
information and views between local youth and adults.
For more information, please contact
Jennifer Pratt Miles
Shaping Our Summit
105 Village Place; PO Box 1829
Dillon, CO 80435
phone: (970) 513.8340 x213;
fax: (970) 513.8348; sos@merid.org
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