about Measuring Community Success and Sustainability

how do vital communities spell success?

performance based measurement and community building

planning for action

an introduction to measuring

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outcome 2

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indicator 3
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Indicator 3. Seeking Alternative Ways to Improve

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3.A. Number of community organizations, business groups and local government bodies that regularly evaluate their progress as compared to their goals.

A good development process includes steps to measure progress toward goals and to adjust future actions to reflect lessons learned. If there is no evaluation of progress toward a goal, there is no way to improve the actions taken to achieve it.
Community organizations, local government bodies Review of meeting minutes, survey, interviews with officers
3.B. Ratio of number of alternatives to number of issues raised for public consideration.

The ability to separate problems from solutions is a major factor in adaptability and responsibility.
Newspaper, county and city government minutes, broadcasts of county and city government meetings Document review/counting alternatives per issue

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