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Breakthrough Solutions
Awards and Recognition
It has been an honor and privilege to work with community and
regional leaders in their community development efforts, and to be
associated with the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension
Service, the Community Development Society and the Arkansas
Community Development Society. So this recognition is due to our
Breakthrough Solutions Partners, Extension faculty, and other
community development colleagues, and especially the community
leaders with whom we have worked.
- Recipient of the 2011 Community Development Achievement
Award from the Community Development Society at the annual
conference in Boise, Idaho, based on work with the Breakthrough
Solutions Program.
- Harrison C.O.R.E., our pilot community for the new
Breakthrough Solutions Program, received the 2011 Arkansas
Community Development Society Innovative Program Award.
- In 2010, Breakthrough Solutions was one of the three
strategic planning programs in the nation selected to
participate in an Innovative Community Development Initiative
sponsored by Michigan State University, Iowa State University
and Northern Illinois University, and funded by the North
Central Regional Center for Rural Development. The purpose of
the initiative is to “select truly innovative approaches that
blaze new paths in community and economic development
programming... and explore those innovative approaches to
advance shared learning while cultivating scholarly endeavors.”
The project leaders selected nine innovative programs in the
nation: three economic development programs, three leadership
programs and three strategic planning programs.
- 2010 – Was selected to write a Breakthrough Solutions
chapter for a forthcoming book on strategic visioning,
sponsored by the Community Development Society.
- In 2010, Breakthrough Solutions was selected for a
pre-conference workshop prior to the joint International
Association of Community Development and Community Development
Society Conference in July in New Orleans. Twenty-three
workshop participants from Japan, Australia, Scotland, England
and the United States interacted with community leaders from
Harrison and tackled issues and opportunities confronting
Harrison.
- Received the 2009 Arkansas Community Development Society
Achievement Award at the Arkansas Community Development
Society Annual Conference on October 22, in recognition of
excellence in community development activities (Breakthrough
Solutions).
- 2008 Extension Excellence Unit Award: The
Breakthrough Solutions Team of Maureen Rose, Wayne Miller, Tom
Riley, Stacey McCullough, and Mark Peterson were chosen by the
University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service for the
2008 Extension Excellence Unit Award for their 21st Century
Vision work with the North Central Arkansas Economic Development
(NCARED) Corporation. The 21st Century Vision initiative
included a regional demographic profile, a target industry study
and economic analysis, and development of a regional blueprint
using Breakthrough Solutions concepts for the future of the
region. A special thanks to the NCARED board and other leaders
in the region for their cooperation and involvement in this
process.
- In 2005, selected to write a chapter on strategic visioning
for the Community Development Handbook used for
professional certification and in Community Development
Institutes in Arkansas and other states.
- The VISION 2010 Breakthrough Solutions Program was selected
for the 2004 Outstanding Program Award from the
international Community Development Society. This award is
granted to recognize an outstanding program that utilizes the
CDS Principles of Good Practice and has a “substantial and
lasting impact on the community or population it serves.”
- Breakthrough Solutions was selected by the Heartland Center
for Leadership Development to be included in the book,
Field Guide to Community Building, funded by the Kellogg
Foundation.
- Received the 2001 Innovative Program Award from the
Community Development Society,
“in
recognition of a superior innovative program using the
principles of good practice as adopted by the Society”.
- Subject of an independent evaluation conducted by
Mary Dillard, Dillard and Associates. The report showed "very,
very positive results," with 97.5 percent of the participants
stating they now have a shared vision of their community’s
future.
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