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What is the purpose of the Center for Community Legacy Initiatives?
The Center will oversee the development and implementation of the community-endorsed ideas chosen through the World Equestrian Games Legacy Initiative recently funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The Center will concurrently grow the collaboration and civic engagement that began through the community conversations of the Legacy Initiative, strategically connecting our community through digital media, community meetings and workshops, and volunteer efforts.
More specifically, the Center will oversee the development, implementation, and project management of Legacy projects. This will involve working with local and state government, nonprofits, the business community, funders, and citizens to fully develop the project ideas, set timelines and benchmarks, address project obstacles, solicit funding, and market the project. This work will be accomplished with the guidance of a steering committee and the expertise of a professional staff, overseeing outsourced technical resources and possibly a professional volunteer or loaned-executive network.
The Center also will serve as the hub for the development of a robust social network in the community.
At the end of five years:
• Top priority Legacy Initiative capital and civic projects will be completed by 2010, with other projects following as identified through continuing community conversations.
• Lexington will have a powerful networking model enabling ongoing, collaborative problem-solving through the Blue Grass Community Foundation and its new center.
• BGCF will have the capacity to identify and act upon broad-based community initiatives with far-reaching application. It will assume a new and critical civic leadership role.
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