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Participants seemed to feel good about the channels of communication in the <br />Roseville area. Information is available through traditional (What does traditional <br />mean? Newspapers? Television stations?) means, as well as though a fairly <br />comprehensive network of internet and social media connections. Public <br />institutions were generally praised for their efforts in this regard. <br />Volunteerism <br />The notion of citizens as an untapped resource permeated the focus groups, and all <br />kinds of potential ideas for volunteer action surfaced. Participants themselves <br />expressed a willingness to serve their community tkrough volunteering in � <br />various ways, and they expressed the belief that many others shared their desire to <br />do so as well. Although some volunteer opportunities exist in the Roseville area, it <br />was clear that participants felt there should be more. Specific examples included <br />encouraging more classroom volunteers in the schools, introducing formal <br />activities such as "Feed My Starving Children", and establishing such things as a <br />community garden to support local food shelves. Enthusiasm and creativity were <br />obvious in these discussions. <br />In addition to the ideas for actual projects, there was much talk of better utilizing <br />the experiences and skills of individual citizens in our community. Participants <br />also suggested finding ways to engage existing organizations and neighborhoods in <br />efforts to improve the entire community. There was mention of the City of <br />Roseville's possible interest in creating a volunteer coordinator position, and the <br />idea had support among focus group participants. <br />Recommendations <br />Focus groups are a natural place for brainstorming, easily enabling a free flow of <br />ideas. Many wonderful thoughts were expressed during the dialog process in the <br />Roseville area. This section of the report attempts to distill all those great ideas into <br />a handful that might have the greatest impact in creating and supporting <br />communities for life. <br />1. The City of Roseville should go forward with its plans to support <br />volunteerism, possibly as a joint venture with the school district or other <br />public partners. While this support is likely to take the form of a staff <br />person, the job description could be non-traditional. That is, a staff person <br />CFL Task Force Final Report, February 2014 5 <br />