Community Creativity Center

Our life is not the independent activities of career, family, creativity, or personal development. Our life is a balance of all these areas.
When we consciously develop and maintain this balance, it becomes a strong foundation for our development and our contribution to the development of our community.

A rural area has the potential to balance between rural depopulation and urban concentration. But this balance needs to be developed by a synthesis that unites all spheres of life.

This conclusion comes from my agriculture economics, biology, and ecology experience that is united with the experience of living in rural communities for over 25 years: raising children, working as a school teacher, rural service manager, farming production economist, and farmer. I believe in the values that a rural community features and the harmonious interaction with an urban community. Below is the short notice about the Community Creativity Center that can support families, specifically in rural areas.
With warm wishes, Olga Verasen

What we do

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Rural Community Center model

Below is the short notice about the Rural Community Center. This is a replicable model for social and business activity based on the Conscious Creativity Concept for Sustainable Development and educational resources.
This model focuses on effectively using resources that the community has and also includes the possibility of collaboration with the regulation of anthropogenic pressure on natural territory. The facility of the Community Center is based on finance stability principles and includes non-profit and profit activities.

Goal
Support of personality and community by developing resources and ability for:
– family multiage interaction
– entrepreneurial initiatives business
– well-been activities and public health
– green tourism and ecology culture
– progressive technology and research.

Facility
1. Conscious Creativity Education Center: online/offline
– training, practical courses
– creativity workshops
– education program
– seminar, conference
Target audience:
– personal, groups
– professional.

2. Family Creativity – Happy Home Studio: offline/online platform
– Fairy Tale Gallery & Library: exhibition, presentation
– Home Theater: performance, events, plays
– Wizard’s Workshops: handmade books, handmade toys, sculpture, nature crafts, paintings, gift cards, home design
– Creativity events: season holidays, ethnic traditions, games, quests.
Target audience:
– families: grandparents, parents, and children
– children groups: school and preschool.

3. Museum, Gallery & Library: offline/online platform
– exhibition
– presentation
– creativity events
– courses
Target audience:
– adults: personal and professionals
– children’s group: school, preschool
– families.

4. Business Creativity Center: offline/online platform
– co-working place
– networking club
– consulting, coaching
– conference, exhibitions
Target audience:
– local families
– adults: startup, small & middle business
– mentors, advisers, and investors from wise businesses.

5. Research Center: offline/online platform
based on CC Creativity concept and Unity with Nature biology and medicine
– education
– psychology and philology
– humanity and society.
Target audience:
– academic scientists: Universities, institutes
– applied research: individual and group- students, internships.

6. Green Tourism Center: offline/online platform
– value of nature and walking activities
– nature events: festivals, holidays events, farm market
– local production of organic food
– representative of home, rooms rent, farm-hotels.
Target audience:
– local families
– adults-visitors: individual and groups
– children’s groups
– families–visitors

7. Housing
Short/long time rent housing by local community based on green tourism, hotel (optionally), local cafe with the possibility of catering local production food or transferring to local farmers
with the possibility of catering local production food or transferring dinner/lunch to local farmers
rooms to stay and rent including work-office, conference hall, art studio
Target audience:
– local families
– adults-visitors: individual and groups
– children’s groups
– families–visitors.

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The project related to the Community Center
“Wizard’s Workshops – Family Activities for Sustainable Development of a Rural Community”

Description
This project is based on the model “Happy Home Studio – Creativity for all” and is related to agriculture economics, ecology culture, and the saving of the unique natural complex. This project focused on family, social priorities, and local initiative support.
These activities are related to the rural values and vision to support rural populations and promote their growth and development with new entrepreneurial initiatives, replicable at a regional and national level.

The project involves interaction with communities located in the village. The relevance of the project topic, and the possibility of replicating this project, makes it possible to consider the support and active interaction with non-governmental organizations in Europe, and European Union support.
The relevance of the activity allows us to talk about attracting volunteers from among parents and students of educational institutions in relevant areas of activities.

A unique feature of this project is the model for sustainable rural development based on village uniqueness, synthesized with economic, social, and ecological priorities. This model will be one of the good deeds supporting rural communities.
Below is an outline of project details and an estimated time frame related to the project activity.

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Goal
Creating conditions and a system supporting harmonious family activities for the sustainable development of rural communities.

Project focus

Family
– support of early childhood, and harmonious development of children
– multi-generation communication through family activities
– ability to develop and realize own talents and potential by living in a native rural community

Social priorities
– additional children’s education
– continuing adult education
– public health: stress resistance and immunity in unity with nature Community initiative support
– creating new job opportunities using natural materials “Family Handmade”:
children’s toys, sensory panels, home interior, souvenirs, greeting cards, handmade books
– developing customer services:
catering, shipping, rental housing, transportation, provision of products
– online resources that explain community activity

The basic of the project

Agriculture economics features
– seasonal work creates the opportunity to use wintertime for additional business activities
– closeness to nature allows the use of natural materials
– additional activity in the low agriculture season provides financial opportunity.

Saving the unique natural complex
– the rational combining of new activities will support balancing the anthropogenic load on the territory
– attracting additional activities will allow for preserving family businesses by increasing variety and quality and not necessarily quantity.
– the restoration of crafts and traditions will support returning the land to a natural balance (for example, alder thickets on the site of former fields).

Ecology culture
– additional types of businesses focused on conscious behavior and reducing potential anthropogenic pressure on nature
– а flexible system of activity to use existing infrastructure more efficiently without additional construction that can be a negative influence on the unique nature of Valmorel.
– the information resources, and community activities, will support a conscious attitude towards nature.

This project will detail the use of existing resources and attract additional investment, based on their effectiveness economically and assessment of risk factors.
However, this project is designed for full implementation within three years and expects to reach full financial break even within 1 year. The second year will see profits from activities for ongoing investment. The third year is focused on expanded activity to replicate this model based on Educational Center activities.

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The project provides 3 years of activities

Year 1
1. Creativity Studio “Wizard’s Workshops”
Children & parents activities based on harmonious development of children, and stress resistance and immunity in unity with nature programs:
– children’s creativity programs
– afterschool creativity programs
– family creativity events.

2. Production based on the local community:
– handmade toys: fabric, wood
– sensory panels
– handmade fairy tale books
– home design supplies.

3. Four season festivals “Wizard’s Workshops”
– creativity events
– organic food
– handmade production
– green tourism activities.

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Year 2
Starting with Year 1 activities then with additional activities:
1. On-line platform including video
– creativity courses, including cooking
– video nature tour and green tourism navigation
– representative resource for each family (visit card “Nice to meet you!”)
– customer service.

2. Education programs – sharing experience with amateurs and professionals
– for early children’s education
– afterschool program
– public health
– tourism and ecology culture.

3. Communication with Universities and non-profit organizations
– volunteer
– internship
– research
– social projects.

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Year 3
Based on Year 1 and 2 activities with additional activities:
1. Creating an education center based on experience
2. Publishing House
3. Conference and seminars.

The result of this project is a sustainable business model based on human values in unity with nature that supports:
– family multi-age interaction
– entrepreneurial business initiatives
– wellness and public health activities
– green tourism and ecology culture
–  progressive technology and research.

This project as the Community Center model of activities, related to the rural vision and values, can be replicated at a national and international level.

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Some thoughts about Nature and Community

A sustainable community develops a child-empowering environment that encourages a child’s freedom to responsibly create, uniquely use their talents to create with others – for others, and continually improve their creation process. 
Authentic nature develops from within to create a strong, beautiful, and harmonious outside environment.
Urban development can’t be harmonious without being in Unity with Nature. Without contact with authentic nature, Unity with Nature is difficult to attain.
The strongest magnet a rural village community can offer families is its authentic nature. 
– How can a village take advantage of its surrounding authentic nature to develop a child-empowering environment?
– What is the best way to unite rural and urban communities to support family harmony in raising children?
How can authentic nature be promoted to support a child-empowering environment in rural villages and support it in urban communities?

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About Conscious Creativity

Technology © by Olga Verasen
Systemic coach, educator, economist, and biologist.
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