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Strategic Plan |
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Introduction |
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Building our organizational
capacity by “developing and strengthening the skills, instincts,
abilities, processes and resources that our community needs to:
Survive, Adapt, & Thrive”
(Ann Philbin)
Jubilee
Homes of Syracuse, Inc. dream of creating a brighter future for
the Southwest side of the City of Syracuse is based on a vibrant
economy and an empowered community that have resources to help
individuals enhance their skills, generate income and build
assets. Jubilee Homes recognizes that community revitalization
includes both Neighborhood Rehabilitation and Business
Development in order to implement strategic change that
includes:
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Building shared values and a sense of
community in the neighborhood by empowering neighborhood
residents to develop, engage in and/or promote neighborhood
building activities and events, in order to continue to
build neighborhood cohesiveness.
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Home ownership and/or rental opportunities
for low and moderate income families through the
construction and/or rehabilitation of permanently affordable
owner-occupied homes and rental units in the neighborhood
using the Community Land Trust Model.
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Support and/or increase small business and
commercial development
on the Southwest-side through economic development
initiatives.
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Preparing area youth for the future
leadership
through innovative youth development programs.
Implementation of such a change can be achieved to various
degrees by identifying collaborative and capacity building
solutions to enhance and expand our current resource
infrastructures serving as the guidelines for the development,
implementation and enhancement of the community.
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Vision |
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To become an
“Independent
Self-Sufficient Community”
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empowering economic stability through shared values and building neighborhood cohesiveness.
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To
”maximize the role of our
organization” by encouraging strategic
collaborations amongst agencies and industries. |
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To make accessible an
“Open
Technology-based Learning Community”
by
providing a universal standard to training and resources
through centralization of technology and collaboration
of resource.
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Mission |
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To promote economic stability and growth through
entrepreneurial development, education, training and to foster
collaborative efforts that maximize resources.
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Values |
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In
the continual pursuit of excellence, the Jubilee Homes – SWEBRC
Program holds to the following values that, together, provide
the foundation for ongoing professional accreditation,
independence, and fiscal stability: Collaboration
Self-Sufficiency , Community Service and Engagement , Educational
Access , Efficiency , Entrepreneurship , Innovation , Integrity
, Quality Training Programs , Membership Engagement.
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Goals |
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We will build on past successes and reach even further to
strengthen the capacity of our community by the following
goals:
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Goal 1: Enhance Resource
Capacity |
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Description |
Enhance Resource
Capacity
by enhancing and expanding our current resource
infrastructures to provide a more comprehensive
and cohesive set of resources for micro and
small businesses - particularly the
underdeveloped and under performing businesses
within the City of Syracuse |
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Objectives |
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Identify, develop and strengthen our
community’s resource capacity through
skills, instincts, abilities, processes and
resource development.
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Develop strategic relationships with
education, economic, and human development.
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Build strategic alliances across with
economic and social justice organizations.
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Develop and support innovation and best
practices in micro and small business
development.
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Work with local and state organizations to
develop and implement an effective strategy
for continued community growth.
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Create a
process to ensure relevance through annual
review of goals, objectives and annual
benchmarks by staff and board.
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Goal 2: Start, Stabilize
and Expand Small Business Enterprises |
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Description |
Start, Stabilize and Expand Small Business
Enterprises by facilitating
entrepreneurial skills training and stimulating
entrepreneurial spirit among the neighborhood
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Objectives |
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Establish
Small Business Mentorship programs.
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Promote
means for micro and small businesses to
increase operational efficiency and capacity
and to achieve sales.
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Maximize
the use of technology in order to both
increase organizational operating
efficiency.
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Ensure that
small business training opportunities are
available throughout the community utilizing
effective technologies and addressing
various levels of need.
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Ensure that
technical assistance is available to small
businesses through published materials,
information and referral, a consulting
network, counseling and other means that are
available and deemed appropriate.
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Continue to
enhance training programs and conduct
business assessments to determine type of
management assistance needed; sufficiency of
the businesses organizational structure,
management team, business model, market and
or distribution area.
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Provide
advocacy and support to develop micro and
small businesses into a powerful and
involved political constituency.
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Establish
the small business marketing strategy to
market small businesses to corporations,
city, state and federal agencies to improve
visibility, customer perception and programs
services.
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Establish a
revolving loan fund and aggressively focus
on the development of a capital access for
disadvantaged businesses.
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Develop and
maintain a list of city, state and federal
certified businesses and a declaration of
the certification process for certified
businesses and specialized vendor list.
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Advocate
and identify outreach and assistance
required to produce a 30% participating in
city and state procurement opportunities.
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Goal 3: Strengthen
Neighborhood Infrastructure |
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Description |
Strengthen
Neighborhood Infrastructure by creating
and building shared values and a sense of
community in the neighborhood by empowering
neighborhood residents to develop, engage in
and/or promote neighborhood building activities
and events, in order to continue to build
neighborhood cohesiveness. |
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Objectives |
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Identify and
establish the key parameters in
collaborating with neighborhood stakeholders
to design and implement a plan to improve
upon the quality of life by addressing
crime, providing much needed green space and
better delivery of services.
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Improve the
safety and livability of neighborhoods.
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Increase access
to quality public and private facilities and
services.
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Reduce the
isolation of income groups within a
community or geographical area through the
spatial de-concentration of housing
opportunities for persons of lower income
and the revitalization of deteriorating or
deteriorated neighborhoods.
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Restoring and
preserving properties of special historic,
architectural or aesthetic value.
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Obtain
appropriate housing and assisting persons at
risk of becoming homeless; retention of the
affordable housing stock.
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Develop a business retention
and expansion plan to recruit large
corporation and identify the Community
Growth Centers which includes the
development of areas of concentrated
activity such as retail, office, public
facilities, a range of residential
development, cultural and recreational
activities.
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Goal 4: Create a Fiscally
Sound Organization
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Description |
Create a
Fiscally Sound Organization by
developing a strategic plan that encompasses
organizational longevity and financial stability
and seek to revitalize the public awareness and
branding by creating a highly effective local,
state and national communication strategy. |
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Objectives |
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Continue to develop funders as partners.
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Create and implement a ten-year fund
development plan to raise or earn adequate
funding to effectively and efficiently run
the organization.
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Continue to build and explore a stable,
growing base of diversified funding sources
to include: government funding; at least two
new large private foundations; corporate
partnerships; membership and service fees;
planned giving; social entrepreneurship; and
an endowment.
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Identify
and explore an organizational structure that
provides for self-sufficiency.
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