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Regional Sustainability is the Civic Alliance’s priority issue. Since its inception in 2001, the Civic Alliance has been engaged in a broad-based community dialog aimed at achieving greater community awareness, clarity and consensus on the impacts of growth on our quality of life and strategies to move our region toward a more sustainable future. Hundreds of county residents and stakeholders have participated in workshops, forums, surveys, and conferences.

We are currently pursuing major initiatives that grew out of the Connecting the Dots project which holistically approaches Ventura County’s regional sustainability.

The Livable Communities Initiative works with local governments and civic groups to increase understanding and support for integrating livable community principles into development decisions.

The Compact for a Sustainable Ventura County works with community leaders and local governments to launch a process for community dialog and consensus-building on a vision and blueprint for the county’s future.

The Workforce Initiative seeks to build support for effective workforce education programs, particularly targeting youth, immigrants, displaced workers and the underemployed.

Lyle Wray Presentation: New Frontiers in Performance Management June 16^th 2011

State of the Region Report:

The 2011 State of the Region Report Preview brought over 150 leaders of Ventura County together to learn about the current state of the region. Jamshid Damooei, Cal Lutheran Professor and Economic Researcher, presented an update around key indicators of the economy and quality of life in Ventura County. The areas of focus for this update was the economy, education, land use/housing and social services. Core elements of the data were then analyzed and presented through a VCCA 3E panel, evaluating the impact of the changing trends/results on the core constituencies of the Economy, Social Equity and the Environment. The next full State of the Region Report is anticipated for release in 2012.

Notes from Dr. Jamshid Damooei: (click here)

Please take a few minutes to fill out the survey regarding the State of the Region.

Previous Projects: 

The Ventura County 2007 State of the Region Report released in May 2007 provides current data on 12 Quality of Life Indicators such as Economy, Education, Environmental Quality, Public Health, and Transportation among others. VCCA is continuing to provide presentations and distribute this report throughout Ventura County.

Our products include the 2002 State of the Region indicators study, our 2004 study of regional growth plans, Connecting the Dots on Growth and Sustainability: What Do Current Trends Mean for Ventura County? And in 2005 Connecting the Dots II: The Call to Action– Strategies for Our Future, a series of white papers outlining key strategies for moving Ventura County toward a more sustainable future.

Ventura County 2002: State of the Region

The Ventura County Civic Alliance developed a snapshot of the state of the quality of life in our region, to provide a reliable source of objective information about the economy and the quality of life in Ventura County. The Alliance believes that good data about ourselves as a region will help create a new sense of regional identity; will enable us to reach across historic boundaries and barriers to solve problems common to us all, and measure the effectiveness of these efforts over time.

The State of the Region report focuses on 12 domains of Ventura County. Select a link a below for more information:

To request a hard copy of the 2002 State of the Region Report, please email:civicalliance@vccf.org