Verdureland Goals and Action Steps

Goal 1 (addresses built, social and human capitals): Enable better communication between ourselves and the surrounding communities.
Action steps:
1. Encourage investment in telecommunications and internet by providing entrepreneurial opportunities related to these fields.
2. Improve the quality of established roads and create a connection to the highway.
3. Provide cross-community volunteer opportunities and increase outreach to youth to grow volunteer base.
Goal 2 (addresses cultural, social, natural and human capitals): Build up the youths’ pride and sense of belonging in the community.
Action steps:
1. Establish a community college which offers a variety of classes across many disciplines (long-term).
2. Improve community aesthetics and connectedness by creating a local park and community garden.
3. Generate a sustainable management plan for restoring forests and wildlife areas.
4. Create a diversity of long-term job opportunities within the community to retain youth post-graduation (long-term).
Goal 3 (financial, political): Enhance community credibility with the national government.
Action steps:
1. Establish and maintain a chamber of commerce to provide citizens the ability to voice their opinion on community matters.
2. Create and begin to implement sustainability initiatives to improve the quality of life for ourselves and the surrounding communities (short-term: create the initiatives, long-term: implement the initiatives effectively).
3. We seek to set up a system of trade to export agricultural products to surrounding communities, increasing community budget.