Building the Network to Advance The Cascade Agenda
Engaging citizens to guide their neighborhoods toward a complete, compact and connected future.
Resources
Community Stewards Toolkit
We developed this toolkit to help you lead a network of volunteers in your community to guide local decisions about future growth in a way that advances The Cascade Agenda.
Community Stewards Toolkit.pdf
Citizen's Guide to the Planning Process
Everything you need to know about effectively participating in the planning process.
CLC_Citizen's_Guide.pdf
The Cascade Agenda Summary
Interested in learning more about the Cascade Agenda, but not interested in reading an enormous document? Then check out the Cascade Agenda Summary to learn all about the collective 100-year vision for our region.
CA 40 page summary.pdf
We developed this toolkit to help you lead a network of volunteers in your community to guide local decisions about future growth in a way that advances The Cascade Agenda.
Community Stewards Toolkit.pdf
Citizen's Guide to the Planning Process
Everything you need to know about effectively participating in the planning process.
CLC_Citizen's_Guide.pdf
The Cascade Agenda Summary
Interested in learning more about the Cascade Agenda, but not interested in reading an enormous document? Then check out the Cascade Agenda Summary to learn all about the collective 100-year vision for our region.
CA 40 page summary.pdf
Latest Activity
Sadly I'll be in Colorado so won't be able to make it - good luck!
First Creek Watershed Storm Drain Marking Event at First Creek Middle School
August 21, 2010 from 9am to 12pm
What:
Help keep Tacoma’s waterways clean by volunteering to glue curb markers next to storm drains with the message “No Dumping, Drains to Puget Sound”
When:
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Time:
Curb marking will begin at 9:00a.m. and will wrap-up by
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July 23rd FRIDAY FORUM: What Lies Ahead for the Tacoma Streetcar at University of Washington Tacoma Campus, Garretson Woodruff Pratt Building, Tacoma Room (Room 320)
July 23, 2010 from 12pm to 1:30pm
July 23rd FRIDAY FORUM: What Lies Ahead for the Tacoma Streetcar
Join us for a comprehensive update on rail transit in Tacoma!
In 2008 voters approved $80 million for Tacoma Link extension. Just how much rail can that buy? What's the difference bet…
Brownfields redevelopment workshop at Tacoma, TBD
July 21, 2010 from 8am to 3pm
* Please contact the project team (below) for more - this could be a great event for y'all Community Stewards! *
Good morning,
You are invited to attend a unique training session focused on redevelopment of blighted and contaminated property. The…
Inspiring Stories from Our Region
Bradner Gardens Park
The North Rainier neighborhood transforms a dirt patch into a garden that grows vegetables and community.
Seattle Times Article
Seattle Parks and Recreation Website
The Columbia City Revitalization Committee
A group of residents joins together to revitalize an "undesirable" Seattle neighborhood.
Read the full story
SCALLOPS: Driving Sustainable Change through Community-to-Community Organizing
A nonprofit network founded to advance regional sustainability by providing opportunities for area sustainability groups to build relationships, share resources, and educate each other on the successes and challenges of pioneering grassroots change at the community level.
SCALLOPS website
The North Rainier neighborhood transforms a dirt patch into a garden that grows vegetables and community.
Seattle Times Article
Seattle Parks and Recreation Website
The Columbia City Revitalization Committee
A group of residents joins together to revitalize an "undesirable" Seattle neighborhood.
Read the full story
SCALLOPS: Driving Sustainable Change through Community-to-Community Organizing
A nonprofit network founded to advance regional sustainability by providing opportunities for area sustainability groups to build relationships, share resources, and educate each other on the successes and challenges of pioneering grassroots change at the community level.
SCALLOPS website
Groups
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Transforming the Dome Di…
16 members
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Community Gardens for Ta…
17 members
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Trails for Tacoma
9 members
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Tacoma Community Stewards
18 members
Events
August 21
Saturday
About the Community Stewards Program
Community Stewards will lead a network of vocal, well-informed citizens who are willing to proactively speak out in favor of careful planning in our cities to provide choices for future generations.
Why the Community Stewards Program?
From Tacoma to Everett and Seattle to Ellensburg, our region is growing. In the next 20 years, the population of the Puget Sound region will increase by more than one million people, many our own children and grandchildren. That’s like having the entire population of Portland move into the area, twice.
As residents of a fast-growing region, we can’t take our high quality of life for granted. The splendor of our natural landscapes distinguishes this region, drawing businesses and talented employees who want to live and work here. We must create vibrant cities and towns to attract and retain jobs and families, and conserve the surrounding natural lands, working forests and farms we love. If we don’t work to shape this growth in a way that enhances our quality of life, we can expect more poorly planned growth consuming the landscapes that define our region. But if we seize this moment, we can shape the future for generations to come.
The Cascade Agenda
Cascade Land Conservancy, Washington’s largest independent land conservation and stewardship organization, is responding to this challenge with The Cascade Agenda; a collective 100-year vision for conserving Washington's remarkable landscapes in the face of a growing population and a changing economic base. The Cascade Agenda provides an innovative new approach to conservation that encourages collaboration across all sectors; balances environmental, social and economic needs; emphasizes the link between vibrant cities and healthy rural lands; and uses creative new ways to protect land on a scale never seen before.
To achieve this vision, our region needs a network of vocal, well-informed citizens who are willing to proactively speak out in favor of careful planning in our cities to provide choices for future generations; we need Community Stewards.
Why the Community Stewards Program?
From Tacoma to Everett and Seattle to Ellensburg, our region is growing. In the next 20 years, the population of the Puget Sound region will increase by more than one million people, many our own children and grandchildren. That’s like having the entire population of Portland move into the area, twice.
As residents of a fast-growing region, we can’t take our high quality of life for granted. The splendor of our natural landscapes distinguishes this region, drawing businesses and talented employees who want to live and work here. We must create vibrant cities and towns to attract and retain jobs and families, and conserve the surrounding natural lands, working forests and farms we love. If we don’t work to shape this growth in a way that enhances our quality of life, we can expect more poorly planned growth consuming the landscapes that define our region. But if we seize this moment, we can shape the future for generations to come.
The Cascade Agenda
Cascade Land Conservancy, Washington’s largest independent land conservation and stewardship organization, is responding to this challenge with The Cascade Agenda; a collective 100-year vision for conserving Washington's remarkable landscapes in the face of a growing population and a changing economic base. The Cascade Agenda provides an innovative new approach to conservation that encourages collaboration across all sectors; balances environmental, social and economic needs; emphasizes the link between vibrant cities and healthy rural lands; and uses creative new ways to protect land on a scale never seen before.
To achieve this vision, our region needs a network of vocal, well-informed citizens who are willing to proactively speak out in favor of careful planning in our cities to provide choices for future generations; we need Community Stewards.
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