Monument Community Partnership

Our Stakeholders

The term “community stakeholder” is used throughout the agency’s literature. A “community stakeholder” is someone who lives in the Monument Community, is a business owner in the community, or otherwise vested in the community where as decisions made by the board could directly impact the “stakeholder”. More specifically:

• Resident Stakeholder: People who have a personal stake in and take responsibility for how the community is doing.
  • Including all languages and ethnic groups; both homeowners and renters, adults, seniors, youth and children; people who live here and those who are deeply connected with those who live here.
• Service Organization Stakeholder: People who have a mission-driven stake in and take responsibility for how the community it doing.
  • This can include people connected to the Monument community through government agencies, non-profit organizations, educational institutions, faith groups, philanthropy and policymakers from any sector.
• Business Stakeholder: People who have a commercial stake in and take responsibility for how the community is doing.
  • Business owners, property owners, business associations, investors and developers.

COMMUNITY DRIVEN PARTNERSHIP VISION

Monument Community Partnership commits to consciously engage stakeholders in our decision making process by:

1. Making decisions with equal input from residents, neighborhood stakeholders and agency representatives.
2. Value the knowledge and expertise of agencies invested in the community, and the residents who live there.
3. Having mutual respect among all partners and using resources that each member brings to the Partnership.
4. Making decisions, which facilitate growth and skill building for residents in the community.
5. Keeping the community informed of decisions made and rationale for policies adopted.

MCP is funded through foundation and governmental grants, as well as individual donors.