Southeast Roseburg Community
Building and Organizing
Strengthening Our Community through Resident Engagement
Facilitated by NeighborWorks Umpqua
Initiated 2012

3 Primary Components of CB&O
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Resident Leadership Training and
Engagement
Community Partnerships thru
Resident Initiated Projects
Community Impact
Measurements – Success
Measures Data System

1. Resident Leadership Training
 In 2012 representatives from participating orgs attended NeighborWorks America’s “Community
Leadership Institute” in Orlando FL. NeighborWorks
America’s CLI is a nationally recognized leadership training program helping communities through proven
“best practices”.

2. Resident Identified Projects
 While at the CLI Training, participants identified a project plan, budget and timeline. NWA provided $2,000 to help it come to fruition. SERVICE and YO Center participants who attended last year are organizing a neighborhood clean-up event for June, 2013.

Other SE Rsbg Projects in 2013
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Paint the Town
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City of Roseburg
Service Neighborhood Association
Youth Outreach Center
Community Impact Measurement / CB&O
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NeighborWorks Umpqua
Service Neighborhood Association
Youth Outreach Center
GIS Mapping and Tech support
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City of Roseburg
Douglas County

3. Community Impact Measurement
 Year One – Collect resident satisfaction data, block and property condition reports and 3 rd party interview perspectives on SE Roseburg CB&O geographic area
 Years 1, 2 & 3 – Focused community and partnering efforts, project identification and efforts to connect residents to programs and opportunities
 Year 3 – Repeat data collection process
Report Out To Stakeholders

3 rd Party Resources in the Process
IMPLAN http://www.implan.com/V4/index.php?option=co m_content&view=frontpage&Itemid=70
Success Measures® at
NeighborWorks America

So, Why?
 Build Leadership Capacity
 Purposefully Network Organizations and Residents –
Building community by building relationships
 Measure Impact through Data Collection-Years 1 & 3
 Locally – Reports can help inform decision making by citizen groups and local government
 Nationally -This work is being carried out in 240
NWA network cities around the USA. This will help legislators better determine the value of investing in this work.

Why? Strengthening Leadership
 Investing in Leadership Training at the Community Level will
Increase Resident Leadership Capacity in our Community

Why? Livability
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Bringing Diverse Community
Organizations Together in the
Context of Leadership and
Positive Change
Enhance the Communication and Collaboration through the
Pursuit of Common Goals
Build A More Condusive
Community Character &
Culture

Why? Measure Impact
 Increased
Livability of our
Neighborhoods and
Stabilization of our Housing
Stock will have
Positive affects on Our Tax
Base
Paint the Town – Mill - Pine District 2006
Facilitated by NeighborWorks Umpqua

Principles of CB&O Initiatives
Build Stronger Communities
 Led By Community Residents
 Focused on Collective Action
 Aimed at Relationship Building and Problem
Solving

CB&O Is a Continuous, Self-
Renewing Set of Efforts that:
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Builds a Stronger Community by Building Partnerships
Around Project Development
Exposes Our Community
Leaders to
 Successful National Peer
Networks
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Recognized Techniques and
Top Notch Resident
Leadership Training

SE Rsbg CB&O Activities & Planning
Where
 SE Roseburg CB&O District
Boundary
 SERVICE Neighborhood
Association (yellow)
 DRA (orange)
 Area in Center includes several other multi-family sites (no color)

Data Collection – Years 1 and 3
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Door to Door Resident Satisfaction Surveys
Inventory of Physical Condition (Block and Parcel Level)
Stakeholder Interviews –What is the Perception of the
Greater Community of the SE Roseburg CB&O Area?

SE Roseburg CB&O Partners
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As of December 2012
SERVICE Neighborhood Association
Youth Outreach Center / Phoenix Charter School
NeighborWorks Umpqua
Downtown Roseburg Association
Potential Participating Stakeholders
City of Roseburg Community Development Department
Roseburg Police Department

Success Measures Data System
What will be measured?
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Physical Conditions – Based on field observations of structures and properties (block and parcel level)
Resident Quality of Life – Based on surveys of community residents of residents of multi-family housing
Economic Impact – Of activities, measured by
NeighborWorks America using IMPLAN input-output model, and
Community and Program Context – Selected programmatic data will be tied to NWU production reports to profile activity associated with NWU lines of business.

How Will the Data be Used?
 Reports generated as a result of the data collection and stakeholder interviews:
 Will be made available to help inform local decision making processes by community based organizations (CBOs) and/or local government
 Can provide qualified and quantified data by CBOs for grant making purposes
 Will provide the cornerstone for telling of the story about the impact of this locally driven work
 Will be aggregated by NeighborWorks America for reporting purposes to the legislature measuring the impact of investment of public funds in community development work

SE Rsbg CB&O Activities - Training
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Resident Leadership Training – Annually,
NeighborWorks America’s Community Leadership Institute provides high quality training in a major US city. Last year
NWU sponsored (2) SERVICE Officers and (1) YO Center staff person to a 3 day training in Orlando Florida
Peer to Peer Training – NeighborWorks Umpqua has applied to a NW America P2P training program that would allow for a couple of our CB&O volunteers to travel to a community that has been successful with this process.
Local Volunteer Training for survey and inventory work.

A Forum for Resident Identified Goals
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Paint the Town – Mill - Pine District 2006
Facilitated by NeighborWorks Umpqua
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Identify Problems and Issues
Affecting Livability such as
Safety Issues as seen through the Eyes of Residents,
Businesses and Stakeholders
Establish Neighborhood
Forums to Communicate
Equity Issues
Bring the Right People to the
Table to Effect Change

What Do We Think We Know?
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Government, non-profits and grass roots organizations invest substantial amounts of funds and volunteer hours into the community every year to improve conditions and safety
Local businesses are approached repeatedly to donate their limited resources and to support a broad array of efforts
Many individuals give what little personal time and money they have to support community efforts
At the end of the day, did anything happen?
Can we measure the impact?

A System for Creating and Measuring
Change
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Resident Leadership Training
Creating Partnerships between Community Based
Orgs
Collaboration on Resident Identified Projects
Data Collection –Through surveying Residents,
Tracking Property Conditions, Stakeholder
Interviews
Use of Nationally Recognized Data Processing and Economic Impact Measurement Tools
And Maybe… More to Celebrate