{"id":120,"date":"2023-05-24T09:11:05","date_gmt":"2023-05-24T13:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/oce\/?p=120"},"modified":"2023-05-30T15:26:28","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T19:26:28","slug":"muncie-well-represented-at-nusa-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/oce\/2023\/05\/24\/muncie-well-represented-at-nusa-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Muncie well-represented at NUSA Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>UPDATE: The team placed fifth in the &#8220;Social Revitalization\/Neighborliness&#8221; category for Regional Best Neighborhood Program for the Muncie IDEA Conference.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u201cThe sessions at the conference were so interesting, and I learned several new things that we are going to put into play at our next IDEA Conference,\u201d Krista said.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Two Office of Community Engagement (OCE) team members are in Texas this week for the Neighborhoods USA (NUSA) Conference.<\/p>\n<p>The 48th annual conference, which brings together people\/organizations committed to building and strengthening neighborhoods, is in El Paso May 24-27.<\/p>\n<p>Heather Williams, OCE associate director and manager of the Building Better Communities Initiative, and Krista Flynn, OCE program coordinator, will be joined by Megan \u201cMo\u201d Orbin of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.muncieactionplan.net\/\">Muncie Action Plan<\/a> to present \u201cNeighborhoods ARP Funding: Participatory Budgeting in Action\u201d at the conference.<\/p>\n<p>A description of the presentation, from the NUSA program, says \u201cThe City of Muncie, IN, allocated $1 million to help combat the effects of COVID-19 within Muncie\u2019s neighborhoods. The process that developed to ensure the equitable distribution of those funds focused on residents\u2019 voices and meeting the needs of each individual neighborhood association.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe submitted an application to present at the national neighborhoods conference because I felt the work we are doing in Muncie to oversee a participatory budgeting process for neighborhoods ARP funding can be a model for other communities to replicate,\u201d Heather said. \u201cI am excited to share this work and discuss the possibilities with folks from across the nation.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Krista said she was \u201cexcited to be attending the NUSA Conference this year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have heard about this conference for several years from Heather and Muncie Neighborhood Associations attending in the past,\u201d she said. \u201cThis year not only am I getting to attend the conference for the first time, but I also get to help with the presentation of a session. It is exciting to know that things we are doing in Muncie, IN, is cutting edge enough to be a part of a national conference.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This will be Heather\u2019s fourth time attending NUSA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy first trip was to Omaha, Nebraska in 2017,\u201d she said. \u201cI nominated Mary Dollison for the \u2018Who&#8217;s Who in America&#8217;s Neighborhoods\u2019 award to celebrate her unfailing passion and commitment to the Whitley Community Council. Mary won the honor alongside Birmingham, AL, mayor William A. Bell and Omaha Nebraska&#8217;s Rondae Hill. I also nominated the Whitely Community Council for a \u2018Neighborhood of the Year Award\u2019 for their Paint the Park project in McCulloch Park. They were successful in their bid, placing first in the \u2018Beautification and Improved Infrastructure\u2019 category. I also attended in 2019 to present an award nomination for the 8twelve Coalition&#8217;s Small Sparks, which placed second in the \u2018Best Neighborhood Program\u2019 category.<\/p>\n<p>The trio (Krista, Heather and Mo), along with Mitch Isaacs (executive director of Shafer Leaders<\/p>\n<p>hip Academy, Muncie Action Pan board president) and Dustin Clark (Muncie Action Plan, City of Muncie), will also give a 15-minute presentation on the IDEA Conference, which is up for an award.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe have been providing the IDEA Conference to the neighborhoods for 8 years now,\u201d Krista noted. \u201cIt is an awesome conference, and we believe it has made a positive impact for Muncie and the folks that live here. The group that puts on the conference is from a wide array of organizations and we are being recognized for being able to work together to provide great things!\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Neighborhoods, USA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nusa.org\/\">NUSA<\/a>) is a national, non-profit organization committed to building and strengthening neighborhood organizations. Created in 1975 to share information and experiences used to build stronger communities, NUSA continues to encourage networking and information-sharing to facilitate the development of partnerships among neighborhood organizations, government, and the private sector for the ultimate goal of strengthening every neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE: The team placed fifth in the &#8220;Social Revitalization\/Neighborliness&#8221; category for Regional Best Neighborhood Program for the Muncie IDEA Conference. \u201cThe sessions at the conference were so interesting, and I learned several new things that we are going to put into play at our next IDEA Conference,\u201d Krista said.\u00a0 Two Office of Community Engagement (OCE) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":361,"featured_media":121,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,6],"tags":[54,53,8,51,10,50,52],"class_list":["post-120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-awards","category-events","tag-building-better-neighborhoods","tag-city-of-muncie","tag-muncie","tag-muncie-action-plan","tag-neighborhoods","tag-nusa","tag-shafer-leadership-academy"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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