Collaboration Door

The D.O.O.R. Principles

Development

Development includes educational and physical actions: Educational – Education development encompasses a variety of learning mechanisms to improve the knowledge and skills of individuals, so they can support themselves financially.  Learning is one of the first aspects of improving our communities.  This goal can be accomplished through training, information assimilation[…]

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Opportunity

Creating Opportunities that Have a Lasting Impact Collaboration Door strive to be a liaison between individuals throughout the community and local businesses. Opportunities are synergistic in nature.  The sources of opportunities are social-economical and are influenced by the environment that individuals are exposed to daily. They involve providing informational resources[…]

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Optimism

Words of encouragement, establishing goals, developing action plans to achieve those goals, and seeing results are all parts of Collaboration Door’s efforts to promote community optimism.

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Rehabilitation

Real Estate – Vitalizing communities include creating an environment that is safe and sustainable.  Many communities are afflicted with blight, which can impact one’s overall perception of esteem and value in their neighborhood.  Rehabbing homes, securing and fixing safety hazards, and encouraging repopulation of neighborhoods are some of the goals[…]

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The Key to the D.O.O.R. Principles

Collaboration can be defined as “the action of working with someone to produce or create something.” An enhanced definition of collaboration is “working with someone to obtain similar goals.” Hence, the similar goals of Collaboration D.O.O.R. is to: Work with someone to obtain the goals of meeting the D.O.O.R. principles.

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Success Path

  • Our neighborhoods are worth the time and effort.

    Effort – The Neighborhood
  • Seeking to improve the quality of life in our community

    Quality – The Community
  • Encouraging development and rehabilitation are epitomes of growth.

    Growth – The People