# Presentation: 064613

## Colorado Rural Development Council

_***National Rural Development Partners***_
- Annual Conference 2004
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
_**Council Tools**_
***“******Lights, Camera & Community Video”***
***DEDICATED VOICE of RURAL COLORADO***

## Colorado Rural Development Council

_***The CRDC Community Video Team:***_
***Paul Sachs, Orton Family Foundation;***
***Kent Morrison, CRDC Chair, ***
***City of Steamboat Springs;***
***Sophie Faust, Department of Local Affairs;***
***Field Reps from DOLA and USDA-RD;***
***USDA-RD State Director, Gigi Dennis***

## Colorado Rural Development Council

***What can you give me ***
***that I can take back home and use?***
***“******Lights, Camera and Community Video”***
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**Notes:**
I was asked on Sunday, so, what can you give me that I can take back home and use?  I’m glad you asked.

## Colorado Rural Development Council

_*** ***_
_***Coaching Clinics***_
***“******It’s what you learn ***
_***after***_*** ***
***you know it all that counts.”***
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**Notes:**
Las Vegas and Coach Denny Crum.

## Colorado Rural Development Council

***Who are we at CRDC?***
***How are we organized?***

**Notes:**
Are we all the same?  Yes and no, but.....

## Mission & Vision

- CRDC shall be a **partnership** committed to advancing rural interests identified by **listening** to the needs of rural people with the Mission to encourage and **assist** locally defined community development by fostering creative partnerships, knowledge, communications and resources to effectively implement their **own** visions.

**Notes:**
Hayman Fire and “We are here to help you, so get out of the way!”

## The rural communities of our state must deal on a daily basis with a common set of challenges:
Cost of Living
Health Care
Education
Elder Care
Housing Costs
Infrastructure
Land Use
Growth
Labor Pool
Transportation
Water and Wastewater

- Cost of Living
- Health Care
- Education
- Elder Care
- Housing Costs
- Infrastructure
- Land Use
- Growth
- Labor Pool
- Transportation
- Water and Wastewater

- Challenges and Victories

**Notes:**
I know all of these are unique to Colorado, yea, right.

## CRDC WorkPlan

**Partnerships **
**Community Outreach **
**Rural Health Care Systems**
**Rural Infrastructure**

## Local Representatives;
Community Residents, Business Leaders, Municipal Government, County Government
State Representatives;
Colorado Department of Local Affairs, Governor’s Office of Economic Development,  Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Colorado State University -Cooperative Extension
Federal Representatives;
USDA-Rural Development, U.S. Health and Human Services,  U.S. Housing and Urban Development, National Resource Conservation Service

- Community Residents, Business Leaders, Municipal Government, County Government
**State Representatives;**
- Colorado Department of Local Affairs, Governor’s Office of Economic Development,  Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Colorado State University -Cooperative Extension
**Federal Representatives;**
- USDA-Rural Development, U.S. Health and Human Services,  U.S. Housing and Urban Development, National Resource Conservation Service

-  Our Partners are Our Strength

## Advisory Board Members;
Colorado Rural Health Center, Region 9/ E.D.D. Southwestern Colorado, San Miguel County, Crowley County, Axis Networks, SECOM, High Five Plains Foundation, Rural Workforce Consortium, Telecommunications;

Many Other Partners;
Orton Family Foundation, Colorado Municipal League, Colorado Counties, Action 22, Club 20, Progressive 15, Ag Outlook Forum, Economic Developers Council of Colorado, etc.

- Colorado Rural Health Center, Region 9/ E.D.D. Southwestern Colorado, San Miguel County, Crowley County, Axis Networks, SECOM, High Five Plains Foundation, Rural Workforce Consortium, Telecommunications;
**Many Other Partners;**
- Orton Family Foundation, Colorado Municipal League, Colorado Counties, Action 22, Club 20, Progressive 15, Ag Outlook Forum, Economic Developers Council of Colorado, etc.

-  Our Partners are Our Strength

## Community Outreach

**Partner Communities**
**  ****Community Video Project                              ****	****The Orton Family Foundation**

## Colorado Rural Development Council

***(from the recent CRDC Success Story)***
***Citizens in towns across America have long struggled ***
***to find ways to discover and articulate a common vision ***
***for their community.  It’s no longer uncommon to find ***
***that residents of suburban and even rural neighborhoods across the country no longer know their next-door neighbors.  At the same time, the “sense of place” that ***
***has long been the hallmark of rural and small-town America is increasingly diminished. ***
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## Colorado Rural Development Council

***How can a town or neighborhood begin to foster a ***
***stronger sense of community identity among its ***
***citizens?  A Community Video Project is a very effective way to stimulate community dialogue and inspire citizen participation in community issues.  Most importantly, ***
***they are drawn to become involved in a way they ***
***never have been before. ***
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## Colorado Rural Development Council

***The Community Video Project was founded on three basic premises:***
***1.  The involvement and energy of all citizens is ******	******invaluable.***
***2.  Video is an effective tool to capture and ******	******synthesize this energy.***
***3.  Positive social change comes about when ******	******citizens are recognized and honored for***
***     ******	******their effort and involvement. ***
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## Colorado Rural Development Council

***CRDC Partner Communities ***
***and The Selection Process***
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**Notes:**
Discuss how they were selected; criteria and selection process.

## Colorado Rural Development Council

***What were we looking for in a Partner Community? ***
**This is about Community Development; **
**Helping them with their own vision;**
**Communities with an opportunity to succeed;  Avoid the black holes;  **
**With limited resources, we need to make best use of them**
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## Colorado Rural Development Council

**Eads ****	****	****	****Pop.    851 ****	****in SE CO**
**Wray ****	****	****	****Pop. 2,200 ****	****in NE CO**
**Cedaredge ****	****	****Pop. 1,500 ****	****in Western CO**
**Silver Plume ****	****Pop.    200 ****	****in Central CO**
**Plus:**
**Dinosaur ****	****	****Pop. 326 ****	****in NW CO**
**Dolores ****	****	****Pop. 815 ****	****in  SW CO**
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## Colorado Rural Development Council

_***The Key to Success or Failure:***_
**Strong Local Leaders or Champions **
**that will accept a Leadership role!**
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**"The speed of the leader determines the rate  **
**of the pack." - Ralph Waldo Emerson**
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## Colorado Rural Development Council

_*** ***__***Interesting Definition:***_
_***Rustic ***_**(RUS tik) adj. - rural; lacking urban comforts or sophistication; primitive**_***Example:***_** Life in the log cabin was too rustic**
** ****for Leah; she missed hot showers, cold beer, **
**and electricity.**
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## Colorado Rural Development Council

_***Funding?***_
_***What will this cost the communities?***_
**Orton Family Foundation**
**USDA-RD **
**State Director, Gigi Dennis**

**Notes:**
Introduce Gigi at this point to express support for the direction of CRDC and the value of the CV process and access to her staff.  

## Colorado Rural Development Council

_***OK, we have a video, ***_
_***NOW WHAT?***_
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## Colorado Rural Development Council

_***Community Planning***_
_***Strategic Planning***_
_***Promotion***_
_***Education***_
_***Visioning***_
_***Specific Issues/Projects/Solutions***_
_***Community Partners***_
_***Legislative Support***_

## The Big Picture

- Find and utilize programs and activities that **Create Unlimited Economic and Community Development Opportunities** for all of Colorado and America.

- quality of life

- economic opportunity

- freedom

**Notes:**
This is what we are trying to do in Rural Colorado

## Colorado Rural Development Council

-  Clarke Becker, Executive Director
- 1313 Sherman Street, Room 500
- Denver, CO 80203
- (719) 641-1159 or (303) 866-5193
- _[cbecker@ruralcolorado.org](mailto:cbecker@ruralcolorado.org)_
- _[www.ruralcolorado.org](http://www.ruralcolorado.org/)_
***DEDICATED VOICE OF RURAL COLORADO***

## Colorado Rural Development Council

_*** ***__***National Rural Development Partners***_
- Annual Conference 2004
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
_**Thank you!**_
***“******Lights, Camera & Community Video”***
***DEDICATED VOICE OF RURAL COLORADO***