What are the benefits of combining community development services for the 17th Ward neighborhoods under one organization?
The primary benefit will be gaining economies of scale. By having one organization, we eliminate the need to duplicate administrative functions, while at the same time we can expand our staff of community development professionals to better serve and attend to the needs of the constituents ward-wide. One of the positive effects of this will be our ability to bring in individuals with more specialized skills (development, security, infrastructure, etc.). Under the old system, our staffs had to be a “Jack of all trades and master of none.” Our new model will allow us to better serve the individual committees (development, infrastructure, security, human services, etc.) by paring them with staff members that have a deeper understanding of the opportunities and challenges of those particular areas. How will the voices of the different neighborhoods be ensured? There are a number of ways that stakeholders can get involved and make sure that their voices are heard. First, the board of direct
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