Tuesday, May 31, 2016

TITLE OF Community Twining Project 01 Virginia USA

Topic:  Twin Project” Heritage Nova with “Twin” anchor at Warrenton, VA & Vienna, VA (Pre­Proposal)

Vision:   “What is a “system”?A system is a network of independent components that work 

together to try to accomplish the aim of the system                   W. Edward Deming (1900 ­1990) TQM Expert & Professor of Management 

Summary:  Community twining including “river twining” between two heritage communities exist as success model in post World War II Europe, with collaborative leadership from Germany & France, two pre-war enemies.

Phase I of Twin01 Virginia starts with exchange of two “Music Ambassadors” (identified by PI ) , and the virtual team works to build trust, knowledge, and motivation to enable small support groups via non-profits, smallbusiness, & citizen engagement. Virtual team based project proposal development is done via grant.gov RFP and/or foundation grants as appropriate.

What is River Twining? (Rappahannock R &

Potomac R.) Rappahannock River - Upper at Fauquier County, VA just South of Warrenton, VA is more than a source of drinking water today! (American Civil War Heritage Conservation Challenge (1862-1865)

Community twining including “river twining” between two communities. At Twin 01, historic upper Rappahannock River &

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Potomac Rivers have American Civil War Heritage (1862-1865) on going conservation tasks that can be strengthened via “Twin01” as part of NOVA USA Heritage Bridge.

Philosophy: What is “Community Wealth”?

Here is one central idea: people joining together through a public, community, neighborhood or business to strengthen economic vitality & infrastructure, short & long. Citizen engagement is strengthened when “community wealth” focus is included via a CDA (Community Development Assoc) or another non-profit, 501-c-3 working to add community vitality on a neighborhood basis as are the “community twining” success models from post World War II Germany & France.

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Contact: Avi Dey at Fairfax, VA DC Hub Community, EMAIL: icptwin45 (AT) gmail.com Virtual Team PI (Principal Investigator)