Neighborhoods & Housing

Goal:  Create institutional buy-in for sustained housing integration

Objective:  Develop a network of local realtors, brokers, financial institutions, and
new and established homeowners to focus on issues concerned with housing integration (7/05)

Research best practices of integrated communities across the country (9/05) 

Goal:  Establish community dialogues and neighborhood interaction to support long-term          
           housing integration

Objectives:  Schedule dialogue training for MCMR members, schedule dialogues
with community leadership, in subdivisions, with PTA groups, and with faith institutions (5/05)

Support, encourage, and publicize neighborhood interaction, such as block parties, school music and drama programs, and movie nights (10/05)

Business & Employment

Goal:  Establish relationships between MCMR and local businesses and the Chamber of  
            Commerce

Objective:  MCMR membership in the Chamber of Commerce to participate in their programs and events 

Goal:  Foster development of religious, racial, and ethnic dialogues in the business community

Objective:  Establish diversity dialogues with small, medium, and large
businesses  (3/06)

Community Education

Goal:  Develop additional educational programming regarding cultural and racial       
            information for the mainstream population

Objective:  Create cable television outreach, book clubs, articles in print media,
and speaker bureaus (3/06)

Goal:  Involve recent community residents in information about the community

Objective:  Develop multiple language resource materials for non-English
speaking residents in existing publications published by the library, police/fire, schools, newspapers and on-line mediums (2/06)

Programs & Services

Goal:  Determine community needs of diverse population groups

Objective:  Establish focus groups to gain insight into community needs and 
develop new action plans (11/05)

Work with city governments to offer inclusive recreation and social
programs for residents (6/06)

Public Relations

Goal:  Sustain/build relationship with press

Objective:  Meet quarterly with local Observer/Gazette editors (on-going)

Goal:  Create enthusiasm for MCMR and our programming

Objective:  Introduce new CYF/MCMR collaborative video & develop other 
shows for cable television, advertise events on civic theater screen, maintain constant flow of press releases (11/05)

Continue to Administer Existing/Continual Actions

Goal:  Continue to offer existing MCMR services to the community

Objective:  Co-chair monthly MCMR Steering Committee meetings, facilitate
“Read America” program for newer English learners, continue existing events:  Rainbow Breakfast, Student Diversity Conference, Forums, Annual Progress Report, Dr. King Candlelight Walk, Heritage Week (Leadership Luncheon, Mini-conference, Swearing-in Ceremony, Heritage Festival) (on-going)

Goal:  Build and retain relationships with other community organizations

Objective:  Attend monthly Crime Prevention Task Force meetings – Farmington
Hills Police Dept., speak to/attend other community organization meetings:  Chamber of Commerce, Optimists, Boards and Commissions, Community Foundation, Exchange Club (on-going)

Neighborhoods & Housing

2005 – 2006

- Schedule dialogue training for Multicultural Multiracial Community Council members

- Develop 1st set of community dialogues

1. One subdivision in each community quadrant (4)
2. Second MCMR/other leadership dialogue
3. Woodbrook PTA

- Develop 2nd set of community dialogues

1. One faith institution in each community quadrant (4)
2. Second PTA dialogue

- Hold focus group sessions with: new home purchasers, realtors and brokers

- Work to get new homeowners, realtors and brokers on Neighborhoods & Housing Sub-committee    

- Research other diverse communities for best realtor practices

- Support, encourage, publicize neighborhood interaction:  block parties, school music and drama programs in local schools, movie nights for kids

2005 – 2007

-Continuation of support, encouragement, publicity of neighborhood interaction

-Continuation of dialogue coordination

Business & Employment

2005 – 2006

- Join Chamber of Commerce; attend 2 – 3 events

- Work with established Business & Employment Sub-committee to develop action plan to coordinate with their  Spring 2004 focus group with local business leaders

2006 – 2007

- Attend Chamber of Commerce events quarterly

- Develop business dialogues in each quadrant (4)

Community Education

2005 – 2006

- Develop network of authors for articles in Observer, Gazette; coordinate publication

- Facilitate cable programming opportunities

- Create Speakers Bureau

2006 – 2007

- Develop network of authors for articles in Observer, Gazette; coordinate publication

- Facilitate cable programming opportunities

- Create Speakers Bureau

- Establish different language materials for use in already existing publications, such as:
police/fire training, library & city newsletters, newspapers

2007

- Develop network of authors for articles in Observer, Gazette; coordinate publication

- Facilitate cable programming opportunities

- Create Speakers Bureau

- Establish different language materials for use in already existing publications, such as police/fire training, library & city newsletters, newspapers

Programs & Services

- Hold community focus group to gain insight into community needs and develop further action plans accordingly

Public Relations

2005 – 2007

- Meet quarterly with local newspaper editors:  Observer, Gazette

- Meet semi-annually with Detroit News, Free Press reporters

- Introduce community video on cable and to other organizations, i.e. service clubs

- Advertise on Civic Theater screen

- Constant flow of information releases to local, metro press

Continue to Administer Existing/Continual Actions

2005 – 2007

- Monthly MCMR Steering Committee meetings

- Attend monthly Farmington Hills Crime Prevention Task Force meetings

- Support existing annual programs/events, 12 per year:

1. Rainbow Breakfast
2. Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Candlelight Walk
3. Student Diversity Conference
4. Heritage Week:  Leadership Luncheon, Mini-Conference, Searing-in Ceremony, Heritage Festival
5. Annual Cultural Luncheon
6. Four community forums with panel discussions or speakers on racial, cultural, or other diversity

-Continue speaking to community organizations:  Chamber of Commerce, Optomists & Exchange Clubs, Boards & Commissions, Community Foundation, other businesses or organizations