Small Town in the City

Building the SPOA Vision : Building the SPOA Vision The Vision: A Small Town Within the City : The Vision: A Small Town Within the City What does it look like? Individuals & families who can withstand a crisis Guild of people with appropriate skills and supplies Local economic interdependence What Makes It All Work?A Prepared, Robust Community Within the City : What Makes It All Work?A Prepared, Robust Community Within the City Individual Preparation Robust Networked Community Small Town Within the City Volunteering for the group Hosting / attending events Trade locally Strengthen Supply Chains Artificial, planned network becomes real Prepared, Robust Community Within the City Get out of debt Produce food & energy Store food & energy Build basic skills Emergency Preparedness Developing the Vision : Developing the Vision June meeting: collaborative Vision Workshop Ideas about what a small town in a city looks like Produce a poster depicting our vision Gains To Be Realized Display our vision poster at each meeting Allow our vision to guide how we spend our energy Use vision to connect with new people