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Equitable Contracting at Communities of Opportunity
Equitable Contracting at Communities of Opportunity

To support continuous improvement and learning for equitable contracting work COO sought to document where and how COO has been successful in creating more equitable procurement processes, particularly in the area of contracting, and what gaps continue to exist. The Equitable Contracting Report here, summarized a review of King County COO Community Service Agreements and Consultant Contract processes, best practices from the field, and themes from key informant interviews with COO community partners.

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Learning Community, Systems & Policies, Impact, BlogWhitney Johnsonlearning, COO news, blog, tools, policy and systems
Imagining and Creating the New Economy
Imagining and Creating the New Economy

What does it look like to build the new economy - new ways of being in relationship to money, work, land, and one another? There are communities re-envisioning and shifting how they work and building new models and innovations that answer these questions. As part of our July speaker series event, Cultivating Community Imagination: The New Economy, we heard from three community leaders re-imagining what land ownership and our local economies can look like - and creating space for these different ways and models to emerge.

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Impact, BlogWhitney JohnsonSCOOP, blog, Cultivating Community, partner news, learning, capacity building, speaker series
Cultivating Community Transformation & Imagination
Cultivating Community Transformation & Imagination

Recapping the Cultivating Community Transformation discussion and reflections on the journey of COO — the difficulties of shifting systems and institutions to enter into more relational and authentic conversations with community, the early intentions of COO coalesce around shared values, listen to the leadership within communities, and the work to invest in and strengthen community partnerships that can inform and bring momentum to the policy and systems changes needed for a more equitable King County.

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Impact, Learning Community, BlogWhitney Johnsonblog, SCOOP, COO news, learning, tools, speaker series, community connection
Spice Bridge food hall: A space to celebrate equity, food access and innovation
Spice Bridge food hall: A space to celebrate equity, food access and innovation

Communities of Opportunity partner spotlight: In 2020, after years of relationship-building and community-led design, the Food Innovation Network (FIN), a program of Global to Local, opened Spice Bridge to enhance the local food system, increase access to healthy and culturally specific foods and support local food businesses in South King County.

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Blog, ImpactWhitney Johnsonblog, SCOOP, COO news
COO at the second annual Best Starts for Kids Virtual Summit: We Build. We Rise. We Soar!
COO at the second annual Best Starts for Kids Virtual Summit: We Build. We Rise. We Soar!

For everyone committed to thriving, healthy communities the upcoming Best Starts for Kids annual summit offers an opportunity to share your experiences and reflect on the challenges we’ve faced and overcome this past year. This year’s Summit features important keynotes from BSK and community leaders and 18 breakout sessions including several highlighting the work of COO and partners!

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Blog, ImpactWhitney Johnsonevents, partner news, best starts for kids, COO news, SCOOP