COMMUNITY IDENTIFIED PRIORITIES Community Council invites residents to come together in Community Conversations to learn about and discuss the quality of life in our region. By incorporating locally relevant demographic, social, economic, and environmental data into conversations about well-being in our region, Community Conversations inspire change and inform the collaborative actions necessary to improve the quality of life in our region, so that everyone can thrive. IMPACTS AWARDS The Community Council’s work has garnered recognition from across the region and Washington State. Community Council was: Named one of eight Pacific Northwest Changemakers by Philanthropy Northwest in 2017 Given the Duane Wollmuth Catalyst award by the Walla Walla Valley Chamber of Commerce in 2017 Awarded the Citizen Involvement prize in 2018 by the American Planning Association’s Washington Chapter and the Planning Association of Washington for the Blue Mountain Region Trails project Presented the Washington Governor’s 2019 Smart Partnership Award for the Blue Mountain Region Trails project Featured in a 2019 National Park Service article, “Moving Mountains: A Bi-state 354 Mile Trail Plan” about our Blue Mountain Region Trails Plan Featured in the William D. Ruckelshaus Center’s A Road Map to Washington’s Future Final Report, Volume 3: University Partners Research and Data Inventory of 2019 that highlighted our Community Conversations project Community Council’s study/advocacy process in the nine study areas catalyzed many broad and specific impacts. HISTORY 15 YEARS OF COMMUNITY BUILDING 9 “Something that impacts one person impacts the entire community.” YNEZ VARGAS Owner and Certified Interpreter and Translator, Profesionales Bilingues
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