[Vision2020] Reality of Poverty in Idaho

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Debbie,

I forwarded this post to my Wife Linda, who is Dean and Director of WSU 
Extension.  Perhaps something similar can occur in Washington or in 
cooperation with UI.

Thanks for posting this.

W.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Debbie Gray" <graylex at yahoo.com>
To: "vision2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 10:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Reality of Poverty in Idaho


> I'd like to share a press release about a program
> specifically designed to address poverty in rural
> Idaho through capacity building and leadership
> development.
>
> 14 Rural Northern Idaho Communities Selected for
> Horizons
> UI Extension Mobilizes Resources to Strengthen Rural
> Communities
>
> Fourteen northern Idaho communities have been selected
> to participate in the Horizons program, a long-term
> partnership between the University of Idaho and the
> Minnesota-based Northwest Area Foundation. The
> Horizons program is designed to empower citizens to
> make rural Idaho a place where everyone has the
> opportunity to thrive.
>
> Over the next 20 months, Idaho Horizons communities
> will participate in a series of community
> conversations to develop greater awareness and
> understanding of poverty, in-depth community
> leadership training, and a powerful community
> visioning and action process.  This training and
> support will be provided by University of Idaho
> Extension, a Horizons project partner with the
> Northwest Area Foundation.
>
> Horizons communities have between 100 and 5000
> residents and a poverty rate of 10 percent or greater
> as reported in the 2000 Census.  Idaho Horizons
> communities are Bonners Ferry, Bovill, Cascade, Coeur
> d'Alene Reservation (Plummer, Worley, Tensed, Desmet),
> Cottonwood, Grangeville, Kendrick/Juliaetta, Kooskia,
> Riggins, Silver Valley (Kellogg, Pinehurst, Wardner,
> Smelterville), St. Maries, Stites, Troy, and Upriver
> (Fernwood, Santa, Emida).  Each town will have a
> community coach to help guide them through the process
> and provide ongoing support for the community's goals.
>
>
> For more information about the Horizons program,
> please contact Debbie Gray, 208-885-4017,
> dgray at uidaho.edu.
>
> For specific information about the Horizons program in
> Troy, Kendrick/Juliaetta and Bovill, please contact
> their community coach, Pat Eck, preck at turbonet.com.
>
>
>
>
>
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