Greenville Forward

Momentum

Community change happens by creating dialogue, not by listening to speakers and talking heads.

Momentum is a monthly series of intimate community conversations where a visionary facilitates a moderated dialogue on a variety of topics ranging from social services to youth engagement. The idea behind these conversations is to encourage the community to get involved in the daily happenings of their community. By creating conversation and collaborations, these monthly programs create momentum within Vision 2025.

The Specifics of Every Conversation

The Place: The Innovate Conference Center
Third floor conference room
148 River Street, Greenville, SC 29601

When: The Third Thursday of Each Month

The Length: One hour (11:45 to 1:00)

The Cost: $10 pays for lunch.

Reservations: Attendance is limited to the first 35 people who sign up. Reservations are REQUIRED by email to bkoonce@greenvilleforward.com or by phone at 864.233.8443.

Note: To keep the programs intimate and to facilitate dialogue space will be restricted to the first 35 who sign up. Space is extremely limited. Also, if you sign up and life gets in the way and you can't attend, please call us so we can release your spot. We purchase lunch for everyone, and if you don't come, we lose.

Momentum Videos

	Funding Our Future - A Discussion on Arts in Greenville. Our May 2010 Momentum Series focused on the arts community that we have in Greenville. A group of 30 sat around and discussed sif we are truly a community which supports our arts.
	Accessing our Healthcare System. Participants in the April Momentum Series had the pleasure to experience the newly formed Healthcare Access Simulation developed by Greenville Forward and Beth Templeton of Our Eyes Were Opened. Each person was given a specific condition with a variety of other challenges.
	Inclusion in Greenville. Is Greenville's reputation as a community that struggles with diversity issues real? What can we do to be a community where all people are welcomed?
	Creating a Culture of Learning. How can Greenville create a culture where we encourage all our citizens to learn beyond their potential?
	Incubating Greenville. Logan Metcalfe creates discussion about how Greenville can build and encourage new, small, emerging companies.
	Community Revitalization. How can a community recreate itself and revitalize its homes, neighbors, and businesses?
	River Dance. Greenville is blessed with a bounty of natural resources. Tom Keith, Executive Director of Friends of the Reedy River leads the discussion on managing our natural assets.
	Town and Gown. Dr. Chuck Morton led the June '09 Momentum Series on Town and Gown Greenville. The conversation centered on building successful university and community collaborations. The video is exactly 12 minutes long, but it's full of insightful and interesting conversation.
	Grow or Sprawl. The monthly Momentum Series provides moving conversation to address Greenville's most important issues. John Tynan, from Upstate Forever, moderated the May series which discussed achieving the balance between sprawl and economic vitality for Greenville County. This is a pretty long one at 12 minutes, but the discussion was too good to get it smaller.
	Young Greenville. Every month Greenville Forward hosts "moving conversations" through the Momentum Series. In April, we addressed how Greenville can best create an environment where we keep, retain, and inspire our younger people to make a difference and be involved in the future of Greenville.

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