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COMMUNITY CHECK LIST

of

ASSETS, NEEDS AND POSSIBILITIES
FOR IMPROVEMENT

If you were a stranger passing through your town for the first
time, would you think its general appearance is Good? Fair?
Poor?

How does your town appear to the young people? If they returned
with critical eyes from visits to other towns would it impress
them as:

Attractive? A town to boast about?

Shabby and rundown?

Enterprising and alert?

Unprogressive and unambitious?

A town with a future?

A town that is slipping back?

A fine (or poor) place for a young
person to start a business?

Are newcomers quickly made to feel a part of the town?

Do service, veterans, women's and other clubs, civic, business,
labor, religious, and welfare groups team up on community
projects?

Is it easy to get volunteers for any worthwhile project?

Are some groups excluded from sharing in the good things of the
community? What groups? Why?

Who "runs the town"? A few people? A special group?

How can the community organize so that everyone has a voice and
a responsibility?

TO PROVIDE A BACKGROUND FOR ANSWERING THESE AND OTHER QUESTIONS,
TO DISCOVER YOUR STRONG AND WEAK POINTS AND DETERMINE WHAT
YOU CAN DO AND WHERE TO DIRECT YOUR EFFORTS SO THEY WILL DO THE
MOST GOOD, A CAREFUL STUDY OF AND SOBER ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS
WHICH FOLLOW WILL BE HELPFUL.

THIS CHECK LIST IS DESIGNED TO HELP IN MAKING A BROAD, OVERALL
STUDY OF YOUR COMMUNITY. IT DOES NOT NEED THE HELP OF PROFESSIONAL
EXPERTS. IT IS FOR USE BY CITIZENS OF YOUR COMMUNITY
IN MAKING THEIR OWN STUDY OF LOCAL CONDITIONS.

THE GENERAL FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS • 1734 N Street, N.W. Washington, D. C.