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 Welcome to the Community Center. No there’s nothing here yet but a patch of cyberspace and a dream. But dreams and visions are the foundations of great works. With a clear vision and intention we shall build our center.

Intention

The Community Center will be an interactive website that brings together the many points of light in Connecticut, a place where people can tap into all Connecticut’s holistic and spiritual resources and feel part of a larger community. It will inform, entertain, educate and connect. The emphasis will be on spiritual/metaphysical.

Content Highlights

One stop place to find information and resources of all types pertaining to CT. It will have regional and state levels. It won’t duplicate what others are doing; rather than provide details it will point to other sites.

• Resources
    • A regional breakdown showing centers and resources locally.
    • Publications list.
    • Churches
    • Practitioner Organizations and Directories
    • Stores
    • Environmental organizations
    • Online Resources
    • Book and movie lists
• Possible Features
    • Current newsletter
    • Archived newsletters
    • Spirituality 101
    • Special optional daily email with messages
    • Bulletin Board
    • Reader Journeys
    • Video or links, area musicians and artists to interest younger people.
• For Businesses
    • List of resources and people who understand holistic businesses.
Behind The Scenes

How will people find the Community Center? Why will they return?

•Listers will use their email lists and websites to drive people to the Community Center.

• When people visit they will be invited to sign up for an email newsletter. This will create a statewide email list; something that doesn’t now exist. There will be strict controls on how often info is sent.

• Might send a weekly, biweekly or monthly e-mail to the full list which would include:
    • Major upcoming events.
    • Major CT news items.
    • Short articles on interesting things like Messages From Water with links for more.
    • Writeup on one of our centers.
• If we have good features and content people visiting will feel part of a larger community and there will be ways they can feel involved.

How will it be financed?

• Most of money raised goes for advertising A New Choice, the second website.
    • Intention is to keep expenses to a minimum by encouraging donations of money and labor.
    • This is a service project with no paid employees, including me.
    • Website development, graphic arts, publicity and marketing donated in exchange for listing as a business resource. Use multiple developers, each making a small contribution.
• Income sources - Primarily those who stand to benefit financially.
    • Listers who are major centers benefit most and pay more.
    • Listers who just want their name on a page, and may be a second tier.
    • Sponsors such as retail stores who may get highlighted in newsletter.
    • Avoid ads selling advertising or services.
    • Donations to transform and reach community.

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