Quality of Life Goals
Goal 1
Develop Community Hubs, Places that will Foster a Sense of Belonging and Connection through Shared Activities
Strategies:
- Conduct community focus groups to distill input from and needs in individual communities.
- Establish countywide advisory group to support each other and the development of hubs and related indoor / outdoor activities.
- Inventory existing spaces.
- Launch individual hub activities.
- Survey local residents regarding interest in community hubs, the who, what, where, when, and why.
Goal 2
Ensure that Children Entering Kindergarten Have the Basic Physical, Mental, and Social Skills to Succeed.
Strategies:
- Break negative cycle plaguing socio-economic sub-section of families in Wayne County.
- Create a coalition of agencies, organizations and professionals that regularly interact with children ages 0 to 5 and their families. Coalition’s charter will be to raise awareness of issues causing lack of readiness and identify potential solutions.
- Use the tools that are easy and free for parents to use with their children.
Goal 3
Ensure that All Residents, Businesses, and Institutions Have Access to Digital Technologies and Content that Enables them to Support Healthy, Prosperous, and Cohesive Community Across the County.
Strategies:
- Create a digital hub.
- Form a committee that will focus on web information gathering, design and filtering including the economic feasibility of ongoing data / information maintenance.
Goal 4
Promote Property Maintenance Standards in Order to Protect Boroughs and Townships from Deterioration Which Can Negatively Impact Property Values, Safety and Public Welfare.
Strategies:
- Garner support from multiple constituents such as community association boards, and local citizens and administer approach through the Pike / Wayne Realtors Association.
- Identify prototype ordinances to be shared.
- Make model ordinances available to all township supervisors and borough councils.