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Build A Better Grinnell 2030 Visioning Project

The visioning research project’s objective is to provide clarity on community strengths and areas for quality-of-life improvements prioritized by the Grinnell community through an intentional and collaborative research process focusing on positive goals for the community of people who live, work and primarily depend on the city of Grinnell for services.
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Build A Better Grinnell 2030 Visioning Goals:

COMMUNITY PRIDE - Build community pride and facilitate positive branding by identifying community strengths, both self-assessed and comparative.
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Build A Better Grinnell 2030 Visioning Goals:

COMMUNITY COHESHION - Enhance organizational connections and community cohesion and build a commitment to action around a set of priorities through collaborative and broadly participatory process.
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Build A Better Grinnell 2030 Visioning Goals:

COMMUNITY GROWTH - Facilitate community growth and development for the next decade by identifying and illuminating the local context of a prioritized set of needs, together with community assets and policy options, that are actionable, impactful, and easy to understand.
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Build A Better Grinnell Visioning Project Report

Over the past two years, Build A Better Grinnell (BABG) has been listening to you—our community—and gathering your ideas, hopes, and visions. Now, after completing three phases of research and analysis, that vision is ready to be shared and acted upon.
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Why a comprehensive visioning project?
  • A comprehensive approach allows us to take a fresh look at our community, rather than start with preconceived ideas
  • Good to have a shared understanding of strengths, visions, and priorities.
Why is now the right time?
  • It’s been 10 years since last community-wide assessment
  • The pandemic has had impacts on assets and needs
Whose visions are we gathering
  • The project belongs to the community as a whole
  • There will be multiple means of participating and providing input
  • A core goal is to hear the diverse visions of all, because everyone’s voices are a part of Grinnell
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Strength Assesment

Assess existing community strengths and assets and create a map based on findings

Needs Assessment

Identify and prioritize community “needs” (gaps affecting the quality-of-life)

Prioritized Needs Research

Assess needs further based on local context, assets, challenges/ constraints, experiences and review policy alternatives

Project Implementation
Organize workgroups and begin developing action plans centered around prioritized needs

Visioning Project Timeline

2022

Organize project structure

2022 - 2023

Community wide input on strengths, aspirations and needs

2023

Community wide prioritization of aspirations and needs

2023 - 2024

In-depth research on prioritized needs (local context and evidence-based research)

2024

Prepare, share and publicize results

2024

Organize workgroups and develop action plans

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