TND Community Engagement

& Chelsea Shurtleff

Bellingham InitiativeMay 2014Melissa WalshDirector of Community EngagementThe Neighborhood Developers

Our mission: to build vibrant and diverse neighborhoods with homes that are affordable to families with a mix of incomes, where people choose to invest in the social fabric, economic opportunities and built environment

Our Investment Strategies

Foundation of Place

Network of People

Residents with Resources

To foster a resilient social fabric and civic infrastructure

Grounded in principles of environmental and financial sustainability.We are here for the long-term.

To strengthen markets and expand affordable housing

To increase economic stability and resilience

Community Engagement at TND The CE program aims to:

- Build social capital by fostering person-to-person and people-to-place relationships

- Develop the skill and will of resident leaders to take on leadership roles at TND and in their community

- Encourage civic engagement in order to build neighborhoods of choice were neighbors have elevated community standards and a sense of efficacy

TND Community Engagement

Civic Engagement

Neighbor to Community

Neighbor to Neighbor

Membership Clean Ups NeighborCircle ProjectsPark Builds First Thursday Walden Coffee HouseTenant Events Block Parties Community Art ProjectsCommunity Events

NeighborCircles Welcoming Program Tenant Events Door Knocking

Neighborhood Planning Community CommitteesCity Forums & Meetings Public MeetingsAdvocacy Campaigns Voting

TND Community Engagement

Civic Engagement

Neighbor to Community

Neighbor to Neighbor

Leadership

Development

• 1,515 unique individuals participated Community Engagement events with a sum of attendance at 2,060

• 1,300 unique individuals participated in 80 community building events, meeting their neighbors and fellow community members

• 460 community residents participated in 80 civic projects and/or public forums that seek to improve neighborhood conditions and to address broadly shared community concerns

• 811 TND members• 75 leaders participated in

leadership development• 180 individuals took on

leadership roles, including 35 new leaders

• 900 residents participated in sharing their perspectives on community conditions through the Resident Experience Surveys (354) and other surveys/interviews

2013 Impact

Working Cities Challenge•Neighbor Circles

Shurtleff Bellingham Initiative

1. Support bold, promising approaches that have the potential to transform the lives of low-income people and the communities in which they live.

2. Build resilient, cross-sector civic infrastructure that can tackle the complex challenges facing smaller industrial cities and achieve population-level results.

3. Move beyond programs and projects to focus on transforming systems; promote integration across multiple systems and issues.

4. Drive private markets to work on behalf of low-income people by blending public, private, and philanthropic capital and deploying it in catalytic investments.

5. Accelerate and learn from promising work already underway.

6. Create a successful model for New England and beyond

Shurtleff Bellingham Initiative Theory of ChangeNeighbor Circles

Shurtleff Bellingham Neighborhood Theory of Change

Nationally regarded leadership and services provides solid foundation to address neighborhood challenges, but siloed delivery limits impact

Isolation and low civic engagement reduces residents’ use of resources and results in low community standards for individual achievement, behavior and community conditions. Relentless outreach and community-defined standards will connect individuals to services, neighbors to neighbors, and build civic engagement, resulting in progressively higher community standards.

Siloed services are challenging for individuals and families to access and result in inefficient use of limited resources. Coordination and integration of goals with mutual accountability will improve outcomes and facilitate understanding of systemic barriers.

Neighborhood change is complex, with many interrelated systems that may have unexpected impact on each other as they change. Integrated data insures mutual accountability while providing a continuous feedback loop that facilitates ongoing refinement of goals, actions and community standards.

Shurtleff/Bellingham becomes a great place to live, work and play, for current and future residents. The strength of the neighborhood and the systems changes that have supported its transformation are felt in neighborhoods throughout Chelsea.

ENGAGED

STAKEHOLDERS

define Community Standards and

connect residents to resources

INTEGRATED SERVICES and accountability

for shared goals that address Community

Standards

SHARED DATA provides

continuous feedback for

plan refinement

NEIGHBORHOOD

OF CHOICE where people

invest time and resources

EXISTING RESOURCES provide Best

Practices foundation for S/B

transformation

Shurtleff Bellingham InitiativeRoad Map

Shurtleff Bellingham Initiative27 Cross-Sector Partners• Al Huda Society• Bay Cove Human Services - ASP• Bunker Hill Community College• Boys & Girls Club• Centro Latino• Centruy 21 D'Amico & Associates• Chelsea Bank• Chelsea Chamber of Commerce• Chelsea Collaborative• Chelsea Housing Authority• Chelsea Police Department• Chelsea Public Schools• Chelsea Revere Winthrop Elder

Services• City of Chelsea

• Community Action Programs Inner-City (CAPIC)

• Community Enhancement Team• CONNECT• HarborCOV• Metro Credit Union• MGH Chelsea Healthcare Center• Mitchell Properties• North Suffolk Mental Health

Association• Roca• Chelsea Hunger Action Network• Salvation Army• Stop & Compare Supermarket• The Neighborhood Developers

Healthy Chelsea & TND CollaborationA stronger, healthier community

• Adopt a Park• Walking School Bus Outreach• Exploring collaborative asthma prevention work

… and there is potential for more!

Contact Us!Reuben Kantor Chelsea SBI DirectorRKantor@tndinc.org617.889.1375

Melissa WalshCommunity Engagement DirectorMWalsh@tndinc.org617.889.1375