Blog Questions Week 7
Congrats to Christine of Kooskia, she’s our weekly winner! Thank you to all who have recently signed up and started blogging.
Please let MJ or me know if we can help you with any questions you might have about blogging.
Reminder: MJ has created a ‘how to blog’ handbook that is now available on our Horizons website at http://extension.ag.uidaho.edu/horizons/coaches.htm at the very top of the page… Thanks MJ!
Also, for those communities that may be looking for a little more training, please contact MJ at merijoz@uidaho.edu / 208-885-8949 to see how she can help you.
Rules: Post your answers on your blogsite by May 6 by midnight and be entered in the drawing for one of our book titles…
NOTE: Please enter your answers as either a comment to the original question OR as a brand new entry on your blog so that the answers are easy for people to find.
Reflective Questions:
What is something unique about your Horizons community that you’d like to share with the rest of the world? What makes your community different from the one right down the road? Is it a strength your community can capitalize on or a burden you have to bear? Or both? For example, Sun Valley has the beautiful landscape, ski resorts, etc. but the tourism industry has also left behind many local people who are now unable to afford to live in the town they work in…
What makes our community different from the one right down the road is the fact that the communities down the road are one in the same. The Silver Valley consists of 14 individual communities that when we come together we can accomplish a great many things. It is a strength that we can capitilize on and a burden sometimes due to the fact that we don’t always act like one big happy community, there is still a little bit of the old school “you stay on your side of the line and I will stay on mine”.
We also have a lot in common with Sun Valley, we have the tourism, beautiful landscape, the year round recreation, 2 ski resorts, and the people who are finding it harder and harder to live here, due to the rising costs of property and everything else.
Scavenger Hunt Question: This week the scavenger hunt is a simple assignment. Find an entry on one of the Horizons community blogs (or even your own blog) and leave a comment to the author. It’s fun to give and get feedback about things we’re doing and talking about.
This week’s winner will receive:
The working poor: invisible in America by David K. Shipler
And
Building Communities From the Inside Out: A Path Toward Finding and Mobilizing a Community’s Assets by John P. Kretzmann and John L. McKnight.