Magnolia Place Community Initiative is uniting county, city and community efforts to create sustainable, positive outcomes for families. Initiative partners have participated in, and been witness to, similar efforts that have yet to achieve anything beyond limited success. They have recognized that it requires a different commitment from individuals and organizations to create the environment necessary to continuously improve, align and coordinate efforts to achieve and sustain community health and well-being. The Magnolia Community Initiative’s approach has been to introduce technology, techniques and other tools to support multiple ways for individuals and groups to share, learn and align their efforts. This convergence of effort and opportunity has evolved beyond anything Casey
could have planned, and Casey’s role has evolved from catalyst to supporter and contributor to the learning of those people and organizations committed to bringing the Magnolia Place Community Initiative into practice.
This paper highlights the efforts of the people involved in the experiment that is taking place within the Magnolia Place Community Initiative. It also presents the collective actions and the learning that is at the heart of what it will take to ultimately get beyond the elusive goal of getting to scale and to actually achieve it