Six assumptions help shape Community Impact's work in participating neighborhoods. They have become the organization's guiding principles for attaining effective, sustainable neighborhood change.
- Long-Term Effort: Reversing the effects of years of neighborhood decline is a long-term effort.
- Geographic Approach: Focusing resources on a few neighborhoods at a time will yield more positive results.
- Comprehensive Approach: Addressing several neighborhood problems simultaneously will result in more long-term substantive change.
- Community Participation: Ensuring that the community is an active participant and assumes ownership is critical to program effectiveness.
- Collaboration: Combining the assets of all neighborhood stakeholders and partners will increase the level of success.
- Accountability: Holding all partners accountable for their work and the expenditure of funds will result in more effective partnering relationships.