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Audacity 2040
Audacity 2040 is a regional systems’ framework that leverages “local self-reliance” to create thriving rural communities. By increasing our capacity to be self-reliant, we foster a thriving economy that grows prosperity equitably, builds deeper community connections, and enhances the health and wellbeing of our entire region. Implicit within this approach is an understanding that we live in an interconnected world. The vitality of our economy, the health of our ecosystems, and our personal wellbeing are mutually dependent. In other words, Audacity 2040 underscores we are not OK until we are all OK.
The Alliance board began Audacity 2040 as a natural evolution of the foundation laid by the Ecomunicipality Resolutions in our region. Audacity 2040 emerged from the rich input we received from the community during our summer Local Economy Summits and from a series of conversations with local leaders, long time residents, and people from all sides of the isle. The Alliance conceived Audacity 2040 as Collective Impact initiative, modeled after other examples around the nation of highly structured collaborative efforts that have achieved substantial impact on large scale complex problems such as childhood obesity, poverty, access to healthcare and teenage dropouts. The Alliance board received training on this new method and were excited to bring the Collective Impact approach to our community. Though with our region’s rich history of collective efforts, as evidenced by our Ecomunicipality legacy, we could probably teach others a few things about how a community working together can achieve a great many things. While building the Audacity 2040 framework is never complete, it more stands as a foundation for others to use to grow their own sustainability efforts in our region.
The Alliance board began Audacity 2040 as a natural evolution of the foundation laid by the Ecomunicipality Resolutions in our region. Audacity 2040 emerged from the rich input we received from the community during our summer Local Economy Summits and from a series of conversations with local leaders, long time residents, and people from all sides of the isle. The Alliance conceived Audacity 2040 as Collective Impact initiative, modeled after other examples around the nation of highly structured collaborative efforts that have achieved substantial impact on large scale complex problems such as childhood obesity, poverty, access to healthcare and teenage dropouts. The Alliance board received training on this new method and were excited to bring the Collective Impact approach to our community. Though with our region’s rich history of collective efforts, as evidenced by our Ecomunicipality legacy, we could probably teach others a few things about how a community working together can achieve a great many things. While building the Audacity 2040 framework is never complete, it more stands as a foundation for others to use to grow their own sustainability efforts in our region.
Below is the executive of Audacity 2040 created by the board of directors in the summer of 2014.