Ekwok Comprehensive Plan Update
Project Date: 2009
Lead: Thea Agnew Bemben
Client: Ekwok Village Council
Locations: Ekwok, Bristol Bay Alaska
Project Description
Ekwok is a small Yup'ik Eskimo village located along the Nushagak River in the Bristol Bay region.
Agnew::Beck Consulting worked with the Ekwok community to prepare their Comprehensive Plan based on the local values and vision of Ekwok residents. The final draft of the plan was approved by the Council and finalized in the summer of 2005.
Ekwok also helped field test the Community and Economic Development Planning Guidebook, developed by Agnew::Beck, Northern Economics, Inc, and Bristol Bay Native Association. A key feature of this planning process used in the Ekwok Plan is the "feasibility filter", which helps the community evaluate the feasibility of priority projects.
This project has:
- Helped improve economic prospects by increasing the odds that children can find decent work and continue to live where they grew up;
- Helped sustain cultural traditions, subsistence, history and culture;
- Improved community facilities and services;
- Improved community governance - help find better ways to communicate and make community decisions;
- Helped Ekwok prepare a plan that is created, owned and used by local people to steer the future course of your community.
- In 2009 Agnew::Beck helped Ekwok update its 2005 Comprehensive Plan
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