The 2011 Saginaw County Community Report Card is a single, comprehensive and interactive document that encompasses important and key indicators that can help describe community conditions relative to children and families, education, economic growth, health lifestyles, community safety, environmental conditions, and community civic engagement. The information within the document can be used to educate and inform local, state, federal, and private and public interests, planning efforts and policy decisions about Saginaw County. Goals can become measurable outcomes that can determine the direction of the County, help monitor progress, the impact of community projects, and policy decisions that help service providers improve, coordinate, and analyze service delivery to residents of Saginaw County.
Measuring Our Progress
As you read this report card we hope your conversations about the report will allow you to learn about our community, be inspired to improve community life for yourself and everyone, and invest socially, economically, and physically in our community. The report provides ways to connect and engage with other citizens of Saginaw County, learn about improvement initiatives underway, and understand that investing in Saginaw County provides an opportunity to be part of community change at the grass-roots level.
This Report Card attempts to create a statistical picture of Saginaw County, contextualizing our region with Michigan, and when possible within the Unite States through a use of federal, state, regional, and local statistics. Looking at the merit and worth (absolute and relative) is a complex undertaking, that includes many elements and that requires an impact assessment to assess the capital (structural, human, social) more explicitly to incorporate change into community.
The 2011 Report Card for Saginaw County Community Report Card emerges from the idea that a community is part of the process of change and part of what changes. Using data allows to examine what we can do at a macro level, however this form of community change works only when we can build on the strengths of local people, recognizing that such people are already engaged in the development and maintenance of the community. As we created this interactive document, the objective was to explore Goals, Measures, Importance of Indicators Chosen, How the County was Doing within Michigan and Nationally, and How Could Residents have an Impact within six key areas that impact Saginaw County’s quality of life. The six key areas are: (1) Intellectual and Social Development (2) Economy (3) Health Lifestyles (4) Safety (5) Environment and (6) Social Capital – Civic Engagement.
This Report Card attempts to create a statistical picture of Saginaw County, contextualizing our region with Michigan, and when possible within the Unite States through a use of federal, state, regional, and local statistics. Looking at the merit and worth (absolute and relative) is a complex undertaking, that includes many elements and that requires an impact assessment to assess the capital (structural, human, social) more explicitly to incorporate change into community.
The 2011 Report Card for Saginaw County Community Report Card emerges from the idea that a community is part of the process of change and part of what changes. Using data allows to examine what we can do at a macro level, however this form of community change works only when we can build on the strengths of local people, recognizing that such people are already engaged in the development and maintenance of the community. As we created this interactive document, the objective was to explore Goals, Measures, Importance of Indicators Chosen, How the County was Doing within Michigan and Nationally, and How Could Residents have an Impact within six key areas that impact Saginaw County’s quality of life. The six key areas are: (1) Intellectual and Social Development (2) Economy (3) Health Lifestyles (4) Safety (5) Environment and (6) Social Capital – Civic Engagement.
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