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!
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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 Presentation - PowerPoint
Carroll County United Presentation - PDF
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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.
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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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