The 2010 Community Development Institute East will be May 10-14 at the Bridgeport Conference Center.
The week-long institute is designed to train community officials and volunteers in the techniques of modern leadership and management of community development efforts. It focuses on increasing a community's economic and social growth.
The curriculum consists of three week-long sessions of increasing detail to be taken one-after-another in successive years. The sessions are designed to meet the increasing challenges faced by those working in community development.
CDI East approaches community development as both a process and a program. It seeks to develop an individual's ability to identify community problems; set goals; encourage liaison with outside agencies; stimulate community interaction; and bring groups together to support competitive economic development, human resource development and quality of life issues. It does this by expanding an individual's ability to identify community and economic problems, set goals, encourage liaisons with outside agencies, stimulate community interaction, and bring groups together to respond to a wide range of subjects.
Chesapeake Energy is the featured sponsor of CDI East. The institute is presented by the WVU Extension Service with the assistance of the WV Development Office. For more information, contact CDI East by email (CDIEast@mail.wvu.edu) or telephone (304-293-6967) or visit the website at www.cdi.ext.wvu.edu/
The Hub encourages those who care about our communities, and who want to learn more about how we can improve our communities and our economy for our children and grandchildren, to consider attending CDI East. Community development doesn't just happen by itself. It requires caring people with knowledge and understanding. CDI East will help develop that knowledge and understanding.
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