Programs see Sustainability
As the Horizons process in its formal capacity has wound down here in Woodbine we continue to see programs that were initiated continuing to thrive. Our mentoring program through TeamMates was a HUGE success this year. We aimed for 6 mentor/mentee pairings, and I believe we had somewhere around 18 pairings. The list for next year is even bigger. That is so exciting to see. New residents continue to receive baskets that include a very comprehensive listing of the goods and services available within our small community. Groups still are assembling in the name of community betterment and are more focused than ever on their topics. What once may have been a collective of caring citizens thinking something should be done about something is now a collective of caring citizens who have identified an issue and who are finding the resources, strategies, and support to initiate attempts at addressing those issues in organized ways. The key to that change is the feeling of empowerment that our “traditional citizens” now feel. New ideas are still popping up and with the relationships formed during our Horizon’s process here, people are more readily making a call or two to someone they met in the process that they found to have a passion related to that new idea. Our Mainstreet Program is pushing forward and we may soon be a “green community” through that initiative. I will assume we will learn more about that designation and what it all entails and then blog about that soon here. I just wanted to share about the way we have been able to continue programs that were started. The good things that are happening are very much worth the incredible time and energy the community put into this. I believe that it was that incredible energy and the ability of our community to trust the program that has led to these positive and sustaining changes.