Powering Prosperity Through Collective Impact
The Prosperity Partnership serves as a platform that elevates our communities’ top economic and social issues, putting them at the forefront of our residents and decision makers. We shine the spotlight on our collective successes and achievements that ensure that we make a positive and lasting impact in the lives of others as well as those who will come in future generations. As a collective, we have identified 11 pillars that are at the core of our future success.
The Prosperity Partnership prioritizes its efforts to effect prosperity in:
- Affordable Housing
- Promoting a Community Brand
- Economic Mobility
- Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
- Education
- Growing Target Industry Clusters
- Homelessness
- Resilience and the Regional Climate Action Plan
- Building a Talent Hub
- Social Justice & Racial Equity
- Transportation
What is the "Collective impact" framework?
shared goals
The participants share a vision of change and a commitment to solving a problem by coordinating their work; they agree on shared goals.
measurements & Accountability
Participants also agree to measure or monitor many of the same things, so that they can learn across the initiative, and hold each other accountable.
An organizational backbone
To be most effective, the activities of all the participants are coordinated by a “backbone,” which could be a single organization, a single person, or a steering committee that represents all the participants.
Mutually reinforcing activities
Activities of the initiative are described as "mutually reinforcing" because they are designed to remind all participants that they depend on each other to move the initiative forward. Mutually reinforcing activities ensure that the activities of the participants are aligned; directed towards shared measurement, and are making progress towards a common goal(s).
Resources & Communication
Finally, a successful collective impact initiative depends on resources to keep it going, and consistent and open communication between all the participants, so that everyone is informed and stays motivated over time.