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    Carroll County United
Working together to make Carroll County a place
where all generations can live, work & thrive
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Carroll County United is a community-centered approach that starts with the
questions, "What do we want to achieve together for our community?" It is built on the
knowledge that when community members agree about what they want, set
measurable goals, and focus their resources and efforts to achieve them, lo and
behold they do!

The Action Teams

The five action teams established out of the community forums held in September and
November 2009 have been working since January 2010 to lay out a plan for reaching the
community aspiration in alignment with the community's wishes given to them by the forum
participants.  

The  teams’ working goal statements shows the interconnectedness of the teams and lays
out the vision for getting to the community aspiration of working together to make Carroll
County a place where all generations can live, work and thrive.

Team 1: Childhood Readiness & Success
    In Carroll County, all children are ready for Kindergarten and achieve at or above grade level
    success by the end of third grade.

Team 2: Aligning Education to Careers
    Working together throughout Carroll County to educate world-class citizens so that our young
    people and communities thrive.

Team 3: Individual and Family Economic Stability
    Carroll County becomes one of the top three counties in NH by supporting the achievement of
    individual and family economic security.

Team 4: Balancing Economic Development and Environmental Stewardship
    Community members steward both a vibrant economy and our human and natural resources so
    that all generations thrive.

Team 5: Health and wellness
    Carroll County leads NH in supporting its citizens to pursue and achieve balanced health.
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Carroll County United Principles

Carroll County United is built upon bringing people from many different walks of life together
to make the community a place to thrive for everyone who grows up, works and lives here.

Carroll County United is committed to a collaborative approach because no one sector has
the solutions; no one group can achieve these results alone.

More About Carroll County United here.
Brief History

The first meeting to explore this approach was held in May of 2009.

In September 2009, 88 community members in Carroll County came together through public
meetings in Conway, Ossipee and Wolfeboro. They opened a community discussion about
ways we might want to work together differently.  The community began to discuss the
questions:
•        Do we want to work together in Carroll County at a regional or county level?  
•        Would this help us achieve things we can’t when working town by town?  
•        If yes, what would that community look like?  
•        Is it the county or something different?  
•        And most importantly, what do we aspire to achieve for ourselves?  

The county-wide November forum took the conversation forward the next few steps firming
up answers to these questions and exploring what working together might look like defining
the community’s aspirations for itself and the scope of the community as the people of
Carroll County; identifying critical action areas and beginning to identify measures that would
let us know if we were succeeding.  For more details see forum notes here.

The Action Teams held their kickoff meetings in January, 2010 and meet monthly.  To find
out more about the action teams or to join a team that interests you, click here.  Any
community member is welcome to join a team!
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Carroll County United
is now part of the
Lakes Region
United Way
Announcements:
Staying Health Conversation - POSTPONED to Tuesday, January 31, 3:30-5:00 pm at
Runnells Hall due to the forecast for icy weather.
Staying healthy is good for people and our budgets.  But, how do we help people to stay healthy?  Come join with
others who are interested in figuring out an answer to this question.  Invitation here.
Please RSVP by email or by calling 323-8139.
Runnells Hall is adjacent to the Chocorua Public Library, 25 Deer Hill Rd., Chocorua, NH  map
Save the Date!  Don’t miss this one!  April 28, 2010
A learning day with Jeanine Fitzgerald

What will it take?
- All children ready to learn
From the womb to school entry, what will it take for all children to arrive ready to learn?  Environments,
relationships, experiences MORE . . .

December Newsletter here:  We=Community









Ian Raymond answers
questions at Winnisquam
Coming soon - Button-up NH workshops in Carroll County!

30 Attend Wood Biomass Heating Tour:  Learn about alternative
heating
30 community leaders and residents learned first hand how the Winnisquam HS wood
chip heating plant and the Tuftonboro Town Hall pellet system work and how wood heat
could help their towns, schools or organizations reduce heating costs.  See more wood
biomass info here.
School Survey Report Released: Wide variations in Kindergarten Readiness around the county
A 2010/11 survey of Carroll County elementary schools revealed wide variations in the early learning landscape
across the county with 50-90+% of students coming to school ready for Kindergarten and 49-100% of children
having some sort of preschool experience.  Read the brief.  Full Report.





Carroll County United
Annual Report
to the Community
June, 2011
Spirited Dialogue at Kindergarten
Readiness Community Conversation:
45 people from across Carroll County  learned how
many different perspectives there are about what
Kindergarten readiness means.  “What can we do
as a community to increase access to pre-school
for all children regardless of income?” was one
critical question that came up repeatedly.  More . . .
Read report here