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. 19 March 1999 To: Mayor and City Council Members Of) t..L/J f311dJn'\ From: Charlie Blesener, Elk River 2001 Chair ~jIY~ Re: Coordinated Community Development opportunity Enclosed with this memo is information on a Healthy Communities Partnership Program, which is offered from the Central Minnesota Initiative Fund (CMIF), and in which the Elk River 2001 Committee invites the participation of the City of Elk River. Briefly, the 2001 Committee has written a grant and will be receiving $10,000 in financial support to strengthen the community of Elk River. A local group of 15-20 members will undergo six days of training over the coming year, and will become the steering committee for community development initiatives which we hope can better link the extensive but disjointed planning which currently takes place in our community. The community development model which CMIF advocates is a coordinated model which integrates several aspects of community life here in Elk River. The enclosed "wheel" indicates twenty different areas of community life which we hope to incorporate. The model focuses on the assets of communities--individuals, institutions and organizations--and the unique gifts and talents that they can contribute in making a community an even better place to live. Because the grant will be focusing on the geographic area of Elk River, and because of the significant role the City of Elk River has played and will continue to play in planning and directing how our community will develop, we are very interested in having both an elected member of the City Council as well as professional city staff members represented on the steering committee. Because of the short timeline--the first two days of six days of training will be on April 7 & 8, 1999..-and our need to confirm the membership of the steering committee, I will be coming to the Monday, March 22, 1999 meeting to briefly address the council during the "open mike" period and invite the city's participation in this potentially exciting and community- changing effort. I look forward to discussing ..L-_ ---- - ~... '" \ C\.O\ ... <J,t'V-V~r rP f>16 V~ /V> .. r{' ti'.1 t>~ i~ ~\1;' ~ ;t'/ . .