Every community has leaders with great ideas; sometimes the biggest challenge is getting them to meet each other. In Standish, Maine, St. Joseph s College has created the Community Enhancement Initiative to make that happen. A core group of a dozen community leaders and St. Joseph s faculty and staff are joined by ten to twenty other members of the community at meetings and workshops regularly held in schools, nonprofits, and municipal settings. The workshops serve as a catalyst for collaborative solutions to community problems, as community leaders and college faculty discuss one another s needs and learn from one another s strengths. One of the results: a new nursing clinic established by St. Joseph s nursing faculty to serve the community.
