Insights
The Greater Clark Foundation has an Ambition for a Vibrant Community.
Strong citizens build strong communities. But this doesn’t just happen. The right conditions — capacity, collaboration, communication and cohesion — must be healthy and vibrant to stimulate a community identity that is forward-leaning, self-sustaining, engaged and resilient.
These core beliefs are the foundation of GCF’s community investment strategy. GCF partnered with The Harwood Institute for Public Innovation on these reports and other efforts to encourage residents to think and act differently about both what is possible in their community and how they can be agents for change.
Waving the Community Flag
This 2017 report helped GCF learn more about the Greater Clark community and identify strengths to build on moving forward. Residents from 10 different communities and areas, including youth, government officials and nonprofit and faith-based leaders, participated.
One Step At A Time
This 2019 progress report highlights the many stories of action now taking root and the spreading of new productive ways of working together in the community. It is a roadmap for how to grow this progress over time.