Community Action TEam (CAt) FAq's
- Who is part of a Community Action Team?
Everyone! Residents, Elected Officials, Local Professionals, and anyone interested in making your community a more sustainable place to live, work, or play!
- What are the benefits?
A broad range of issues from each county can be addressed by a single CAT. The diversity of participants provides an opportunity for new partnerships between local government staff, other nonprofit and faith-based initiatives, and community residents.
- How will this help to create regional connections and a regional identity?
Sharing successes and lessons-learned across county and other jurisdictional lines is an important benefit of creating and participating in you county's Community Action Teams. We're all in this together - and while there are important differences between the communities in our region, we share much in common!
What is a community action Team?
A Community Action Team (CAT) is a forum for people with ideas and concerns related to all aspects of sustainability - economic, environmental, and quality of life. Team meetings provide a venue for community members to identify important issues and develop projects and programs to act on their concerns.
The outcome of a meeting includes:
- Increased awareness of current projects in local communities.
- Opportunities for champions within the community to help move existing projects forward or start new projects.
- Education and training about important sustainability issues.
Sustainable Sandhills supports Community Action Teams by:
- Facilitating meetings.
- Providing community resources.
- Advocating with all levels of government.
- Linking community members to other organizations (government, non-government, and nonprofits), especially Fort Bragg.
- Providing project ideas and expertise.
- Promoting the Team's accomplishments to larger audiences (region, state and federal).
How to Get involved with a Community Action Team
1. CONTACT SUSTAINABLE SANDHILLS
Contact us via email or phone and let's talk about your project ideas!
- For Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke and Lee Counties:
- Email Brenda Johnson at brendaj@sustainablesandhills.org
- Phone: 910.484.9098 or 740.815.6769
- For Moore, Montgomery, Richmond and Scotland Counties:
- Email Kea Meacham at keam@sustainablesandhills.org
- Phone: 910.639.3983 or 910.484.9098
2. COME TO A MEETING IN YOUR COMMUNITY
Follow the links to your member county, as shown above, to find the date and time of the next Community Action Team meeting or activity scheduled for your community.
3. PASS THE WORD
Please let your friends and neighbors know about the Team and the important grassroots projects that can be supported by getting involved. The success of each of the Team's projects depends on the resources and energy of the Team - that's YOU!