Getting more BANG for your BUCKS

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Getting more BANG for your BUCKS!

• Or Everything I needed to know about
  leveraging I learned in my backyard SEESAWING !

Presented by Jane Ferguson June 7, 2000
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Where do I start ?

• Communitys Strategic Plan
• Building Rapport
• Finding Your Funding Source

Even if youre on the right track, youll get
run over if you just sit there.
Will Rogers
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Communitys Strategic Plan

• Know whats in the plan
• Know the benchmark
• leaders
• Know what tasks need
• funding

Nothing is quite so embarrassing as watching
someone do what you told them couldnt be
done. source unknown
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Building Rapport with.

• Local/State/Federal Agencies
• Private Sector
• Educational System
• Local/State/Federal Govt
• Foundations and non-profits
• Civic and Faith Based Organizations
• Community Leaders
• Grassroots Citizens

A man who believes he needs help from no one,
quickly learns he has a fool for a partner.
source
unknown
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Find Your Funding Source

• Know what type of funding is available
• Internet Factor
• Networking
• Be READY at all times.

Community Development is like an automobile. It
wont run by itself, except downhill. Henry
Ford
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SUCCESSFUL PARTNERING
Dooly County Economic Development Training Center
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PARTNERS

• Dooly County
  156,800
• DCA (State) CDBG
  500,000
• USDA Rural Development RBEG 60,000
• Middle GA Technical Institute 52,500
• Ft Valley State University
  IN-KIND

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TRAINING CENTER CLASSES
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OTHER PARTNERS

• Middle Georgia College
  IN-KIND
• Georgia Southwestern State University IN-KIND
• Medical College of Georgia (Augusta)
  IN-KIND
• GA DOL (ONE-STOP)
  IN-KIND
• Dooly County Commissioner (Training) 5,000

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SUCCESS...
MANNA TRUCK
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PARTNERS

• WARREN COUNTY HDC IN-KIND
• WARREN COUNTY
  IN-KIND
• FEMA
  6,000/YR
• GOLDEN HARVEST FOOD BANK 72,000/YR
• METHODIST CHURCH IN-KIND
• CSRA EC
  IN-KIND
• USDA RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN-KIND
  

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A good person leaves an inheritance to his
childrens children. Proverbs 1322
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Just When You Thought You Saw Heard It All . .
. .