What is a Sustainable Community of Excellence?
Linking our sustainable strategic planning efforts to the Army Communities of Excellence (ACOE) program is one way we are learning from other installations and engaging the entire workforce. Providing the best possible working and living conditions for the day-to-day business of our workforce and mission partners is what the ACOE Program is all about. Based on the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence, the ACOE program focuses on improvements in the environment, in services and facilities, improving working and living conditions, renewing pride and developing a sense of accomplishment in every member of the community. The Garrison has taken previous plans and ideas to create a way ahead for the next 25 years to help ensure that we can provide all the required services and those that we could not even imagine today. This effort is to look for innovation and efficiency and reduce waste in every process and service ultimately “balancing the Garrison checkbook without reducing any p