Press Room
Truckee Meadows Tomorrow Quality of Life Compacts Workshop
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Mar 17, 2004
Contact: Jennifer Sanzi
775-829-2819
jennifer@o-apr.com
Truckee Meadows Tomorrow
Quality of Life Compacts Workshop
If you’re interested in improving the community’s economic vitality, health, education or other quality of life indicator areas, please join Truckee Meadows Tomorrow (TMT) for our first interactive Community Workshop on Quality of Life Compacts, scheduled for Monday, April 5th at the Washoe County Commission Chambers from 5:00 to 7:00 PM.
TMT first identified quality of life indicators in the early 1990’s to draw attention to our community’s most pressing needs. TMT then asked everyone in the community to come forward and adopt specific indicators. These adopters agreed to take an active interest in their indicators. Quality of life compacts are the “next step” to moving from active interest to actually improving indicators through a community compact program. Quality of life compacts are formal, voluntary agreements between TMT and one or more businesses, organizations or individuals that work together to improve quality of life indicators.
Participate with others to learn about the history of community compacts and how to initiate a compact with TMT. Join others in role playing a compact and see how your organization can demonstrate positive improvement in one or more quality of life indicators. Find out what TMT will do to celebrate and publicize the activities of your compact.
TMT’s s first compact, with Washoe County in 2001, achieved real results focusing on a number of natural environment programs and the second compact engaged diverse organizations addressing open space with the Nevada Land Conservatory, Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful, Hands on Northern Nevada (a United Way program), Sierra Pacific Power Company and the Girl Scouts of the Sierra Nevada. A third compact began January 2003 with the Washoe County School District and the Washoe County Teachers Association engaging parental involvement in schools. The most recent compact between United Way of Northern Nevada and the Sierra and TMT not only impacts all of the 30 existing indicators, but United Way’s funded partners will also surface emerging community-wide needs.
For more information about the workshop, contact TMT board member Trip Barthel, Chair, Quality of Life Compacts committee at 788-2127 or .