Successful projects often serve several different functions and address a variety of audiences. Successful projects energize people with information and give them tools to solve problems facing the community. Successful projects draw expertise from their communities and businesses, as well as from government agencies, tribal governments and universities Most importantly, successful projects create bridges helping to overcome the divisiveness that prevents real problem-solving. Successful projects have well-defined audiences. Successful projects tailor education activities to the special ways in which their audiences learn.
Successful projects lead to results that people can see in their communities.
In all successful proposals, participants clearly and succinctly explain their project design and anticipated results, detail how the project will be carried out, and outline how they will document their efforts. A community can be only as good as its citizens make it.