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Where’s The Party?Building Strong Communities for Fun and Profit
Speaker: Brad Edmondson
www.bradedmondson.com
The Great Recession(Unemployment rate for US, Florida, and Sarasota County, Jan 1990-Jan 2012)
Most of US Can’t Afford to Retire(Percent ‘At Risk’ in National Retirement Risk Index)
All Low Income Middle Income High Income0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
43%
53%
40%
36%
44%
57%
40%
35%
51%
60%
47%
42%
200420072009
Recipe for a Strong Community
Two Kinds of Social Capital
• Bonding: Birds of a Feather Flock Together
Two Kinds of Social Capital
• Bonding: Birds of a Feather Flock Together• Bridging: E Plurbus Unum (Out of Many, One)
VolunteeringInAmerica.gov(Percent of residents who volunteer in mid-sized American cities, 2010)
Two Sarasotas
“How often can you talk about your deepest problems with at least some of your family, friends, or church members?”
(CHIP Survey of Sarasota County residents, 2010)
Never Rarely Sometimes Most of the time
All of the time0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
7%
13%
23%
32%
25%
Suspicious Minds(Percent of Sarasota County Residents who have high trust in selected groups, 2006 & 2010)
My d
octor
Loca
l polic
e
Neighbors
People at ch
urch
Co-worke
rs
People in st
ores
Loca
l media
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%
82%
63% 63%
54%
61%
41%
25%
79%
59% 58%
49%
42% 41%
20%
2006 2010
Global Sarasota(Number of county residents born in selected countries, 2010)
• Mexico: 6,000• Canada: 4,100• United Kingdom: 3,200• Germany: 2,700• Cuba: 2,600
Global Sarasota(Number of county residents born in selected countries, 2010)
• More than 1,000 residents: Columbia, Brazil, Peru, Italy, Poland, Ukraine
• More than 500 residents: China, India, Vietnam, Philippines, France, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Russia, Venezuela,
Haiti, Jamaica, Honduras, Dominican Republic
Aging = Living Alone(percent of householders in one-person households, by age, 2010)
15-54 55-64 65-74 75+0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
20%
29%
35%
51%
Living Alone in Sarasota County(Percent of households that are one person in selected areas, 2010)
US Avg
.
Saras
ota County
Gulf Gate
Estates
Vamo
Venice
Saras
ota City
Siesta
Key
Englewood
Laurel
Nokomis
Longb
oat Key
South
Gate
Osprey
North Port
Lake
Saras
ota0%5%
10%15%20%25%30%35%40%45%50%
27%
32%
46%43%
41% 40%
36% 35% 34%32% 31% 31%
23% 22%
17%
Volunteering and Health(mortality among adults aged 62-66 by volunteering and motivation, 2004-08)
Did not volunteer
Volunteered
Regular
volunteer
Selfless
volunteer
Selfish
volunteer
0.0%
1.0%
2.0%
3.0%
4.0%
5.0%
6.0%
4.8%
2.8%
1.8%
1.4%
5.0%
Tips for Rebuilding Community
• KISS (Keep It Simple & Small)
Tips for Rebuilding Community
• KISS (Keep It Simple & Small)• Mentoring Miracles
Tips for Rebuilding Community
• KISS (Keep It Simple & Small)• Mentoring Miracles• Grassroots & Nonpartisan
Tips for Rebuilding Community
• KISS (Keep It Simple & Small)• Mentoring Miracles• Grassroots & Nonpartisan• Enlist Entrepreneurs
Out of Many, One
