Carroll County United is a community-centered approach that starts with the questions,
"What do we want to achieve together for our community?" It is built on the knowledge
that when community members agree about what they want, set measurable goals, and
focus their resources and efforts to achieve them, lo and behold they do!
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The Action Teams
The five action teams established out of the community forums held in September and November
2009 have been working since January 2010 to lay out a plan for reaching the community
aspiration in alignment with the community's wishes given to them by the forum participants.
The teams’ working goal statements shows the interconnectedness of the teams and lays out the
vision for getting to the community aspiration of working together to make Carroll County a place
where all generations can live, work and thrive.
Team 1: Childhood Readiness & Success
In Carroll County, all children are ready for Kindergarten and achieve at or above grade level success
by the end of third grade.
Team 2: Aligning Education to Careers
Working together throughout Carroll County to educate world-class citizens so that our young people
and communities thrive.
Team 3: Individual and Family Economic Stability
Carroll County becomes one of the top three counties in NH by supporting the achievement of
individual and family economic security.
Team 4: Balancing Economic Development and Environmental Stewardship
Community members steward both a vibrant economy and our human and natural resources so that
all generations thrive.
Team 5: Health and wellness
Carroll County leads NH in supporting its citizens to pursue and achieve balanced health.
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Carroll County United Presentation - PowerPoint
Carroll County United Presentation - PDF
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Carroll County United Principles
Carroll County United is built upon bringing people from many different walks of life together to
make the community a place to thrive for everyone who grows up, works and lives here.
Carroll County United is committed to a collaborative approach because no one sector has the
solutions; no one group can achieve these results alone.
More About Carroll County United here.
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Brief History
The first meeting to explore this approach was held in May of 2009.
In September 2009, 88 community members in Carroll County came together through public
meetings in Conway, Ossipee and Wolfeboro. They opened a community discussion about ways
we might want to work together differently. The community began to discuss the questions:
• Do we want to work together in Carroll County at a regional or county level?
• Would this help us achieve things we can’t when working town by town?
• If yes, what would that community look like?
• Is it the county or something different?
• And most importantly, what do we aspire to achieve for ourselves?
The county-wide November forum took the conversation forward the next few steps firming up
answers to these questions and exploring what working together might look like defining the
community’s aspirations for itself and the scope of the community as the people of Carroll
County; identifying critical action areas and beginning to identify measures that would let us know
if we were succeeding. For more details see forum notes here.
The Action Teams held their kickoff meetings in January, 2010 and meet monthly. To find out
more about the action teams or to join a team that interests you, click here. Any community
member is welcome to join a team!
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