Have you heard of or seen the exciting housing project called Century Place? Habitat for Humanity of Glynn County GA has broken ground and is building a 15 home neighborhood. Century Place received its name as the 12th home will be the 100th for Habitat’s local affiliate. Read more about the ground breaking ceremony and project in this Brunswick News article written by Terry Dickson and published on March 5, 2021.
This is truly an exciting time for Brunswick. The sense of optimism and dynamism is enormous as we welcome newcomers of all ages and backgrounds. Forward Brunswick, which began with community meetings in 2019 and 2020, is now incorporated and ready to hear from the community as to how we can effectively support this encouraging revival.
Peter Drucker, the famous management consultant and public philosopher, has stated that every nonprofit should ask five questions. His book The Five Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask About Your Organization is designed to be used for organizational strategic self-assessment, not for program assessment for an individual performance review. It addresses the question of the organization’s reason for being, its purpose, not the how. Here are my thoughts as to how Drucker’s Five Questions apply to our exciting work at Forward Brunswick:
What is our Mission? Our mission is to advocate people-centric initiatives to foster economic vitality. We focus on the quality-of-life areas of diverse housing types, attractive surroundings, and available community amenities. We network and partner to seek and assist with solutions to provide an exceptional standard of living as identified by the community for residents, visitors, and stakeholders.
Who is our Customer? Beginning with our community engagement activities during the assessment phase of strategic planning and through subsequent gatherings and online surveys, we will be identifying citizens, elected officials, and businesses that we see as vital to our continued progress and success.
What does the Customer Value? This involves asking the right questions of a variety of citizens from all walks of life. What community amenities do they value, what local activities would they like to see, and is government meeting their needs?
What are our Results? We will regularly report on our activities and ask for feedback from the community. We will seek to broaden our Board of Directors to ensure inclusion of a broad-based representative group.
What is our Plan? Our plan for the next three years will be designed based on information gained from multiple sources. We will be meeting in a strategic planning session in late August with a group of representative citizens guided by a skilled professional facilitator. This plan will include specific goals based on feedback received during our formation process. This document will be published once we have concluded our planning process.
It’s truly exciting for us to be embarking on this important mission. We want to hear from as many interested citizens as possible to ensure our goals speak to the dreams and aspirations of everyone!
Our overriding intention is not to compete with anyone but to be a supportive force in the Brunswick community.
Thank you,
Ben Slade
Chair of the Board of Directors
This event showcases community hospitality at it’s best as each organizer, porch host, volunteer, performer, and band generously donates their time to make this neighborhood music celebration a reality.
Visit Historic Brunswick NPA’s event page or Facebook page for additional details.
Neighborhood Planning Assembly meeting.
Each first Friday of the month, Downtown Brunswick closes off Newcastle Street for you to enjoy art, music, food and entertainment, with activities that are fun for the entire family.
Visit Brunswick DDA’s event page for more details.
Please stop by our table in Machen Square to participate in our interactive sticker surveys. We are in the midst of our strategic planning process and want the community’s input on focus areas that improve quality-of-life and foster economic vitality.
We’ll have a few boards with questions and you put a sticker on your answer. Contributing your valuable feedback is quick and easy!
Economic vitality is the result of many people in a given area having decent jobs, viable businesses, and/or profitable investments, with very few at a poverty level. The 2021 Poverty Guidelines per US Dept of Health & Human Services’s ASPE state that $26,500 is the guideline for a household of 4 people.
Neighborhood Planning Assembly meeting. See details on the Urbana/Perry Park NPA Facebook page.
Each first Friday of the month, Downtown Brunswick closes off Newcastle Street for you to enjoy art, music, food and entertainment, with activities that are fun for the entire family.
Visit Brunswick DDA’s event page for more details.
Each first Friday of the month, Downtown Brunswick closes off Newcastle Street for you to enjoy art, music, food and entertainment, with activities that are fun for the entire family.
Visit Brunswick DDA’s event page for more details.