Strategic Planning Update
If you would like a PDF copy of our Community Engagement Report, you can download it here.
Introduction
The Peace Community Center Board of Directors made the difficult decision to pause all education programming starting in September 2023. During the last two years the Board was able to regain financial sustainability, fiscal clarity, and began to build a healthier partnership between The Center and Peace Lutheran Church congregation and staff, our foundational partner in service to the Hilltop community. We are now in the final stages of strategic planning, which we will finish by the end of 2025. In the spring of 2025, we engaged in community listening and engagement process to support our strategic planning. Below is the executive summary and you can find the full Community Engagement Report here.
Executive summary
Peace Community Center (Peace CC) Community Engagement Report presents the feedback from outreach to the Hilltop community. The data will assist the Peace Community Center board in its strategic planning process. Fundamental to this effort was Peace CC’s continued commitment to be a place-based community. Peace CC's leadership seeks to understand what its constituents, friends, families, and neighbors hope for and dream of for the Hilltop. Board and advisory members embraced listening as an ongoing practice and discussed ways to address their own bias and power positionality.
Additionally, learning from community leaders, long-time supporters, and volunteers provided needed insights. The engagement framework led participants to reflect on moments of joy and the conditions that made them possible, focusing on Peace CC, the Hilltop, and the city of Tacoma.
Leaders looked for moments of excellence, brilliance, and hope in the Hilltop community by conducting a Landscape Assessment, mapping the geographical and institutional relationships and the narrative history embedded in those spaces. Focus Groups of 6-10 convened for 50-to 60- minute discussions. An online Survey collected 103 responses polling various issues.
Thank you for your continued support of Peace Community Center as we embark on this transformative journey to rebuild, revitalize, and reaffirm our commitment to the Hilltop community.