Rising Tide
The public would benefit from learning the areas that Project Rising Tide is involved with.
This outline is from a Albion, Michigan City Council Report in August 2019 by Linda LaNoue, Project Rising Tide Community Development Fellow, and Haley Snyder, Acting Assistant City Manager.
The PRT Community Development Fellowship was more challenging than the other nine Project Rising Tide Communities due to the lack of a City Manager.
Click on the arrow below to hear the report to Albion City Council.
How does Project Rising Tide connect with the City of Albion Government? Walk thru the Powerpoint presentation at the August 5, 2019 Albion City Council Meeting, or pause the video to read the notes below.
The goal of Community Development is to improve the quality of life for all of the residents in the community, by identifying and supporting existing services. A majority of residents in the City of Albion are not able to meet all of their basic needs, according to United Way data.
The five Focus Areas for Albion Project Rising Tide are identified below.
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Technical Assistance Deliverables + PRT Succession → Solidifying StructureA. Support for Dam Visioning, Branding Roll Out, and Communications PlanB. Leadership Structure - Steering Committee and Task Force CoordinationC. Preparing for the City to apply for grant funding
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II. Workforce DevelopmentA. Coordination/facilitation of groups to identify barriers to employment/entrepreneurship
B. Institutional advocacy for more resources to address the community’s most critical needsC. A new action group including members of the City Council and community leaders was established to review needs for workforce development in Albion.
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III. HousingA. Gather info about financial resources (e.g., USDA Rural Dev., FHLBI, MSHDA); available land and propertyB. Intentional outreach to share current resources in creative ways that increase access, improve and diversify Albion’s housing stock
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IV. DDA - Downtown Development AuthorityA. Strategic Plan Update: Survey promotion; review updated plan draft; community outreach regarding changes to the planB. Research whether hiring a staff person is the best option for the DDA board
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V. Health & WellnessA. Cataloging all educational, communications & outreach effortsB. Capacity building and raising local awareness of these nonprofits and community- based organizations (CBOs), their programs, resources, and needsC. Asset mapping and idea banking → consolidating research in a format that is easily understandable and sharing it out through videos, media, etc.