Chatham Community Blueprint

In 2014 Chatham County engaged the Coastal Georgia Indicators Coalition (“CGIC”) to lead the development of the Chatham Community Blueprint. The Blueprint is a long-term plan for the Community. It will strategically move the Chatham Community towards the accomplishment of specified Goals in four key theme areas: Economy, Education, Health and Quality of Life. By focusing on the Community’s interests and concerns expressed in focus groups and community meetings, the Blueprint serves as a catalyst for improvement.

Community members identified all of the plan’s components, indicating that they have embraced the process and support resource allocation toward each area. Community partners collaborate across public sector entities, non-profit groups, and private industry to take ownership of listed Strategies and coordinate necessary Action steps for each identified item. The Blueprint proposes a Timeline in which to implement each Strategy over the next twenty years through 2035. Performance metrics will be used to monitor accomplishment of stated Goals.

CGIC convenes partners to monitor the Goals and Strategies with a focus on data performance measures, or "indicators". This process is supported by a data dashboard (found on this site) with additional indicators which help measure the health and well-being of our community and in most cases, comparisons to state and national data. 

CGIC produces a Chatham Community Blueprint Status Report each year to provide trend data under the four priority areas.