Community Council

“Expenses dues 368 office expense (inkind 1362) 1,195 taxes and licenses 50 d&o insurance 1,802 bank charges 119 fundraising 1,655 outreach (inkind 10,827) 246 study ex (inkind 12,596) 14,913 indicators (inkind 177) 2,850 training 255 non-investment depreciation 785 total 24,238”

“2014 grant held in banner bank 100,000 2014 interest on grant 136”

“Accounts receivable 250 1,020 1,247 1,890 less accumulated depreciation 249 1,034 total 1,248 1,876”

“Accounts payable and accrued expenses 2,127 2,662”

“The community council is a regional organization that will enable citizens to study, discuss, and develop recommendations to solve problems and improve our regional community. The region in which the council will operate includes part of southeast washington state and a small part of northeast oregon state, with the city of walla walla, washington representing the largest population center. The council will generate a recurring cycle of discussion, research, consensus, advocacy, and measurement of progress toward community improvement. The council has established a program committee that will annually recommend regional issues for study to the board of directors for selection, approval, and the beginning of action.”

“Study process committees: program, study, and implementation program committee the committee, which reviews all of the submitted study topics ideas, winnowed the many issues before them to two potential study topics for the community council board's adoption. The board adopted education as a path to economic growth. The framing question for the topic is: "how can we strategically invest in education as a way to drive economic growth in the region?" the 2015 program committee was led by jeff reynolds study committee: education as a path to economic growth the question the committee is addressing is "how can we strategically invest in education as a way to drive economic growth in the region?" they are looking at the issue from a number of perspectives, including a review of current programs dedicated to anticipating and supporting growth potential and education/skill alignment, and assessment of the current education trends in the context of employment needs and growth opportunities. The committee began meeting weekly in late september. Their work and study report will be celebrated at a luncheon in june 2016. This study committee is being led by jan foster. Study committee: enhancing outdoor recreation opportunities the study committee met weekly from mid-september 2014 to early april 2015, celebrating their work and the release of the study report at a luncheon on june 10th. The study committee heard from various experts on the challenges and opportunities of different aspects of outdoor recreation, including environmental, economic, community and individual health. The committee developed recommendations, including: the creation of a centralized, comprehensive outdoor recreation information portal, the elimination of barriers such as cost so that the outdoor opportunities are available to low-use groups, the creation of a network of connected trails throughout the region. The complete study report, including all of the recommendations is on our website: www.wwcommunitycouncil.org. This study committee was led by adam kirtley implementation task force: enhancing outdoor recreation opportunities the task force took the recommendations from the study report and developed steps for each recommendation and then compiled the recommendations into five groups for advocacy. They will continue their advocacy for implementation of the recommendations through the fall of 2017. This implementation task force is being led by kate bobrow-strain and kevin mills. Implementation task force: improving food security the task force continues to work with community organizations whose missions align with the recommendations from the study. Many of the recommendations are large-scale projects, including such things as the performance of a statistically sound study to determine the food security needs in the region, and creating opportunities for all food chain players to connect around issue of food insecurity in order to coordinate services. They will continue their advocacy efforts through the fall of 2016. This implementation task force is led by genie crowe. Implementation task force: improving communication between citizens and government the task force celebrated the completion of the three-year period of this study, including the two years of advocacy, at its full circle celebration on november 30th. The task force members looked at various governmental websites, read budgets and other documents, attended public meetings, and visited with many public employees and officials. They learned about creative ways governmental entities are trying to better communicate with their constituents. The implementation task force final report can be found on community council's website: www.wwcommunitycouncil.org. The resources listed in the index of the report are a great resource for community members and government officials. This implementation task force was led by bob withycombe. Community indicators project community council continues to work towar”