VECA Strategic Plan
VECA Strategic Plan Initiative Update
May 2012
Goals, Objectives, and Strategies
GOAL 1. Vollintine Evergreen neighbors act as the primary change agents in their neighborhood.
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Increase and maintain membership in VECA.
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Engage neighbors in neighborhood work around their passions.
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Engage neighborhood youth as active neighbors and leaders.
GOAL 2. VECA engages in effective and efficient partnerships with surrounding neighborhoods, institutions, and government entities to accomplish mutual goals.
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Develop the next generation of the Rhodes-VECA partnership.
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Pursue partnership ideas with the Director of Housing and Community Development.
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Promote the VECA Welcome Center as a meeting place for various neighborhood activities.
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Develop and promote education in neighborhood schools.
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Continue and enhance the relationship with neighborhood businesses.
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Explore partnerships with non-profit organizations, churches, and surrounding neighborhoods for neighborhood advocacy.
GOAL 3. VECA works directly, and in partnership with neighbors and the city and county, to improve and maintain properties in the neighborhood.
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Maintain VECA rental properties to provide safe and affordable neighborhood housing and a steady revenue stream for the organization.
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Maintain the Welcome Center as a model property in the neighborhood and as VECA’s “open front door.”
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Work to prevent and clean up problem properties.
GOAL 4. VECA is an authentic grassroots organization whose management structure insures that it remains flexible and sustainable.
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Create a pipeline to continually develop new neighborhood leaders.
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Improve the organization’s financial status.
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Develop an annual calendar of events and meetings.
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Develop and market a consistent identity for VECA.
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Structure the committees to accomplish two things:
1) ensure greater understanding and thus greater access for neighbors looking to engage and
2) create larger discussion forums for greater synergy of ideas and thoughts. -
Engage youth as leaders in the VECA organization
