Participant Guide: Serve – Approach And Assets

The Envision Participant Guide provides an in-depth exploration of the opportunities and challenges which may shape the future of Prince George’s County. A the heart of the Participant guide and the Envision initiative in general are six Envision areas – live, work, learn, enjoy, serve, and sustain, which provide a framework to examine the parts of life in the county we hope to impact. Today we begin to examine the Serve Envision area:

Serve: What is your vision for how residents, leaders, and organizations of all types can work together to serve the county more effectively?

Approach

  • Explore how we can build greater “social capital” in the county. Social capital is the quality and extent of relationships and networks between people and organizations, from block clubs to countywide associations.
  • Talk about how to strengthen and better utilize our community and faith-based organizations, including churches, foundations, chambers, social service organizations, and other nonprofits.
  • Discuss how to build sustained public engagement in all aspects of government and decision making.
  • Examine how to achieve high-quality intergovernmental interaction and partnerships around key opportunities and challenges.
  • Identify and encourage ways for far more people to volunteer in their community and get involved. Consider some of these assets, opportunities, and challenges identified through previous public input:

Assets

  • Hundreds of faith-based organizations that are strong and rooted in the community.
  • Scores of nonprofit organizations throughout the county.
  • A multitude of homeowner associations and block clubs.
  • Tradition of volunteering and self-reliance in the county.
  • Local governments that make it easier for people to get involved.

For much more background on our county, please download and review the Envision Participant Guide (note: This is a large 2MB PDF file), and look for many more Participant Guide excerpts here at the Envision blog.



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