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Collapse ▲Person Reporting: Steve Duckett Location: Buncombe Date: 2013-07-19
Buncombe county’s urban horticulture program sponsors a strong Master Gardener program. This group identified the need for scholarship support in creating school teaching gardens in the Asheville city and Buncombe county schools. To meet this need, the Master Gardeners implemented a sponsored garden tour to raise money for school garden programs. The tour this year netted over $7000 dollars to support school garden programs, and educated approximately 400 citizens on garden plants and design of attractive gardens. The success of this program has assured its continuing as a biannual event.
Person Reporting: Jayne McBurney Location: Johnston Date: 2013-07-02
Jo Co Quilters, an Extension and Community Association Club was begun in 2011 to provide an opportunity for local quilters to refine their skills through service projects. Since the beginning of 2013, donations of fabric have been made to the Jo Co Quilters, valued at $1,750, and have been utilized to create more that 125 lap blankets that have been given to home-bound senior citizens that receive home delivered meals. By creating a value-added product from the donations, Jo Co Quilters has provided a tangible product that enhances the lives of others. The value of the blankets is upwards of $6,000.
Person Reporting: Eve Rogers Location: Graham Date: 2013-07-03
Youth and Young Adults are very interested in community development and have great ideas to contribute to local planning.
Teen leadership is a critical component to developing future leaders. The Graham County 4-H Advisory Council identified teen leadership as a major objective to work on. As a direct result, Graham County Extension partnered with the NC Rural Center and received a grant for $20,000 to use toward leadership development. A new youth council was created called Graham United Way Youth Council.
The youth council met twice a month, participated in community meetings, and toured several local cultural sites.The efforts of the youth council created an opportunity for them to help with the funding of a local park.
The youth council partnered with Graham County Economic Development
The youth council partnered with Graham County Economic Development and Parks and Recreation with the creation of Graham Counties first public Adult Park.
and Parks and Recreation with the creation of Graham Counties first public Adult Park. The youth voted to fund a climbing wall, and provide picnic tables and grills. The goal was to create more safe recreation opportunities for local youth. The results of project include $5,000 going towards local youth leadership development, $15,000 going towards the creation of a park, and leadership development skills learned included civic engagement, public speaking skills, as well as grant writing and planning. Youth that participated in the youth council have a 100% high school graduation rate and a 100% college acceptance rate.
Lessons Learned – There are a lot of things going on in Graham County that the youth didn’t know about and it took time to get caught up on the current project plans.
Youth and Young Adults are very interested in community development and have great ideas to contribute to local planning. Meetings, planning, and decision making take a lot of time and commitment, but can have huge rewards. We had many partners throughout the project and without community support we never would have succeeded. Giving control to the young adults and youth over their project was essential!
Person Reporting: Delphine Sellars Location: Durham Date: 2012-07-03
When the City of Durham decided to give control of a newly renovated community center to a local community of approximately 200 single family homes of low to middle income households they were surprised at the “push back” from the Community. Residents felt abandoned by a system that was leaving them with no designated staff, organized programming/services and in their words “no skills or training on how to utilize this facility for the benefit of the total neighborhood”.
The Birchwood Community was established in the early 1980”s by the Durham Housing Authority and is today a diverse community in race, ethnicity and issues. When seeking resolution to this issue the City Department of Parks and Recreation called upon Durham Cooperative Extension.
Following three meetings with the HOA of Birchwood Heights and two presentations before the City Council, Durham Extension in a collaborative effort, internally and externally, was able to assist the community with the installation of a 13 raised-bed garden, services through 4H Youth EFNEP and a free summer enrichment middle school program through a local non-profit. Plans are underway to create a 4H Club. With continued Board, grant writing, volunteer and facilitation training the non-positive relationship between residents, Durham Parks and Recreation and the City of Durham is much less contentious and the residents are now feeling empowered to meet their own needs. They are also better able to advocate for their needs in an inclusive manner.
Person Reporting: Cameron Lowe Location: Currituck Date: 2011-06-29
According to a recent parks and recreation survey, residents have identified water access and multiuse play areas as a primary recreational need in Currituck County. Currituck Cooperative Extension is tasked with managing the county owned Currituck Rural Center.
The facility was originally designed for equine activities on a residential or small farm scale. Numerous improvements have been made to enhance equine residential and tourism activities and expand the availability to the public. To broaden the scope of the center, Currituck Cooperative Extension applied for a Parks and Recreation Trust Fund grant.
The application included a plan for kayak access to the Currituck sound, marshland boardwalks with interpretive signage, picnic shelters and playground areas. An online public meeting was conducted to get citizen input on the plan. Public response was positive and despite the lack of funding, county commissioners elected to fully fund the project as planned. This represents a commitment of over $700,000 to meet a need expressed and affirmed by residents of Currituck County.