Tag: hope
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Encouraging All Voices
How do we work together as a community? How can we encourage and hear from all voices? One theme that came out of the conversations on September 21 was the need to value and embrace the many diverse communities, neighborhoods, and individuals who make up St. Joe. As the notes from that meeting show, not…
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Supporting Our Youth
Our community cares about its youth! And we are concerned that too many are leaving. How do we create a community where children thrive? Where young adults will want to stay and raise their families? Those at our September 21 event had several ideas about how we might support our youth, advocate for youth, and…
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Strengthening Our Community
Lots of thoughts were shared and ideas generated during our conversation on September 21. Members of the community identified many challenges, hopes, and needs as they explored three questions – what is St. Joe to you?, what would you change if you could? and what groups are working to strengthen our communities? As we reviewed…