CHAPTER FIVE: Recommendations and Conclusion

Recommendations

The community assessment process in Snow Camp revealed several strengths of the community that can serve as starting points for future actions. These strengths include the active church community, the fire department facilities and volunteers, the creation of a Snow Camp website, and the strong sense of community. In order to utilize these strengths, several recommendations for the Snow Camp community include:

• Use the Snow Camp Fire Department to increase communication in Snow Camp. The fire department already holds community meetings and is in a central location for most of Snow Camp. Therefore, it would be an excellent center to house information for the community.
• Utilize the Snow Camp website to involve many community members and service providers in a dialogue about Snow Camp. Ideas and information can be exchanged quickly and to many people at once. Due to the principal's generosity of allowing community members to use the school's computers, many additional community members will be able to access the website and all of its information.
• Advertise community and group meetings throughout the community in order to capture Snow Camp residents who may not have the ability to access the website. By increasing communication throughout the Snow Camp area, information about recreational opportunities, senior issues, community health, and land issues can be available to all who are interested or are in need.
• Cultivate diversity, strengthen inter-faith relationships, and reach out in a non-partisan fashion to those who lack the support of a religious congregation to make all denominations even more effective in meeting their missions.
• Create a formal committee to help incorporate change and allow all residents of Snow Camp a chance to voice their concerns and needs. A more direct leadership or community voice may help address the issues of Snow Camp residents.

Conclusion

A strength of the Snow Camp community is the strong sense of community. The community has come together on past issues, such as the threat of closing Sylvan School, and has made their voice heard. The community can do this again with the work of a few leaders who are willing to organize new community groups to address the issues that many in Snow Camp feel are vital to concentrate on. At the community meeting, several leaders stepped up and took on action steps. If the community continues to work together, they should be able to achieve many of the goals they would like to accomplish.

Methods and Limitations

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