Success Story Exchange

Title

Success Story Exchange

Description

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The Success Story Exchange is a story gathering and sharing process that IRIS facilitates each year in conjunction with the NCW Community Success Summit. The collection includes nearly 300 stories from 2009-2018 summits that can be searched using the themes and topics below. To view the collection of stories from specific years view or download the 2009-2018 NCW Community Success Summit supplements

Submit your story! Download the template here.

LAND & WATER: Our community maintains diverse, healthy ecosystems:

  • Increasing health, resiliency, and connectivity of our lands and waters; restoring the natural habitat and species of our region.
  • Maintaining the environmental quality and beauty of the land while incorporating the needs of people; planning for generations to come.
  • Practicing sustainable resource use by reducing waste; maintaining productive farmland, and connecting people with nature via open spaces, natural places, and public parks.

THRIVING LIVES: Our community fosters a high quality of life

  • Increasing access to transportation, health care, recreation, educational opportunities, and safe, decent, and affordable neighborhoods where people want to live, work, play, and engage with their community.
  • Growing a sense of empowerment, self-reliance, and confidence that supports our ability to adapt and change.
  • Fostering healthy businesses that create and retain jobs, increase local production of foods and other goods, and contribute to a resilient economy and environment.

HEART & UNITY: Our community is welcoming and bridges cultural & political divides

  • Cultivating cross-generational and multicultural relationships that foster a sense of belonging, trust, and produce diverse leaders who step up and seek collaboration.
  • Enriching our lives by using art, technology, and gathering places to bring people of different cultures and perspectives together to increase understanding.
  • Growing tolerance and creativity through civic dialog that constructively addresses different views, leverages our assets, and builds a common vision.

See the collection!!

Creator

Initiative for Rural Innovation & Stewardship

Publisher

Initiative for Rural Innovation & Stewardship