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Choose a community that you have a connection to and are familiar with (
please use Chicago Illinois, if you need a specific area, Rogers park community). Thinking about this community, you will write a paper using theories and information gained in this class to thoughtfully propose a quality of life improvement project.
This paper should focus on and reference
at least one of the theories you’re employing (see Chapter 2 of your text) and be centered around either further improving a community asset, strength, or opportunity (see asset-based community development) or improving/refining/mitigating a threat or weakness in the community (see SWOT analysis) (although, if your project is addressing assets and weaknesses/threats, that is acceptable as well!).
Beyond the information above, be sure that your paper addresses:
· The community and its current situation (population, location, and any other relevant data/information).
· WHAT does quality of life mean to you and your community?
· WHICH theor(ies) are you focusing on and why?
· Are you improving assets/strengths/opportunities or are you improving/refining/mitigating threats/weaknesses?
· WHY did you choose to go that route?
· WHAT is your project/proposal (description)?
· WHY it is important/impactful to the community and its quality of life?
· WHAT is the overall community benefit?
· HOW would you involve the public to get their buy in/participation?
· HOW you would implement the project (steps)?
· WHAT is the timeline for this project?
· HOW MUCH do you anticipate the project to cost (if anything)?
· WHO might be partners in this project?
· The midterm paper should follow the guidelines below:
· 6-10 pages (not including title page)
· .doc, .docx, or .pdf submissions.
· Double-spaced
· One-inch margins
· 12-point Times New Roman font (or other acceptable APA options such as 11-point Georgia, 11-point Calibri, 11-point Arial, or 10-point Lucida Sans Unicode).
· Left aligned.
· Page numbers are included in the top right corner of the document.
· A title page should be included as page 1. This should include:
· The title of your paper
· Your name
· This course number/name
· Instructor
· Date
· Use in-text citations as necessary and appropriate (here are some more resources)
· Include a reference page.
· The paper should include well-developed thoughts and ideas that are supported by your resources (text/lectures/other materials you want to include).
· The paper should be proofread and use appropriate headings/transitions to make the information clear and easy to understand.
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