Infrastructure keeps communities vibrant.
Infrastructure decisions should rest in the hands of its people.
Local governments provide many services to the community, including infrastructure in the form of buildings, recreational facilities, and public amenities. Governments often have long-term plans to maintain and improve existing facilities, but this usually lags behind community expectations.
Funding for infrastructure is usually provided on a priority basis, hopefully linked to the community’s aspirations. Community members, sporting clubs, community sheds or others may wish to improve local facilities and seek council approval or assistance to proceed with a project.
Never lose sight of the fact that old infrastructure can be repurposed. These old silos could be used for housing, shops, and other uses to inexpensively improve the available infrastructure in a smaller community.
It is people working together that build better communities faster.
There may also be opportunities for grants and funding options to support project acceleration. While projects will range in complexity and size, and the local government has developed a system to help streamline, prioritise, and categorise requests, excellent communication between the local government and the community is needed to circumvent discontent and community struggles.
The pain residents feel and have to live with is often entirely different from that of the local politicians and bureaucrats, especially if the actual local government runs from a remote centre.
The best catalyst is to start creating conversations about the community problems and frustrations, the community assets that inhibit entrepreneurship, innovation, and support for start-ups, home-based businesses, and micro businesses. It can quickly lead to more practical and valuable training and job prospects.
Advisors bring objectivity and perspective to developments.
We can no longer go to our place of business on autopilot. We can’t expect everything to work out, and that we will be okay. We must challenge prejudices and assumptions and build a better infrastructure suitable for the future.
You alone are responsible for your life’s outcome. By comparing your community’s infrastructure (Benchmarking) with highly successful communities, you can improve its overall infrastructure.
As a community facilitator, have you ever had an occasion when your level of performance was extraordinary, almost effortless, and nothing could stop you or hold you back? Aim to reach a state of peak performance focused on developing infrastructure innovation. Use technology to identify practical possibilities for infrastructure improvements, along with marketing and management skills.
Imagine if you could recreate an environment where you could tap into sources for additional infrastructure. It would have a profound impact as you harnessed the commitment to make a quantum leap.
Quotable Quotes
“Much of the stress people feel doesn’t come from having too much to do. It comes from not finishing what they have started”. David Allen
“There is a huge need and opportunity to connect everyone in the world. To give everyone a voice and to help transform society for the future. The scale of the technology and infrastructure that must be built is unprecedented. We believe this is the most important problem we can focus on”. Mark Zuckerberg