Building Creativity: Identified strategies   

The final phase of the CCI project focused on pulling together and documenting the work carried out by each town's CCI over the project duration. The output was a strategic blueprint.

Each CCI blueprint outlines the town's vision for the future, practical strategies for fulfilling the long-range goals and specific projects and other opportunities identified by the community for realizing its vision—and becoming a creative community. 

The document includes the following sections:  Overview, Regional Profile, Community Profile, Community Assessment and Proposed Strategies, Actions and Conclusion. Building Creativity summarizes proposed strategies and is informed by the communities' other long-range planning documents.

The blueprint is intended not as a substitute for other such plans, but rather to frame the opportunities available to the town. It is offered in a flexible, "loose-leaf binder" format for ongoing and frequent data updates. It is designed in a modular fashion with several "liftable" portions for serving other town objectives as they may arise (e.g., inserts for grant applications). It will provide a reliable source of community data for soliciting political and financial support from private, state and federal sources for critical initiatives and projects.

• Overview – a brief narrative description of the town
• Regional Profile – placement of the town within the larger IBX region 
• Community Profile – vital statistics regarding the town
• Community Assessment and Proposed Strategies – results from the SWOT analysis and subsequent strategies for addressing identified issues 
• Actions – projects initiated during the CCI process

If you would like to view the document in its entirety, please contact the towns' CCI representative directly: