LCF NEWS FROM PRESIDENT BARBARA BARTLE
SUMMER 2015
C O M M U N I T Y B R E A K FA S T K I C K S O F F P R O S P E R L I N C O L N More than 900 people attended the May 12 breakfast hosted by Lincoln Community Foundation at the Pinnacle Bank Arena. They were there to hear about the latest 2015 Lincoln Vital Signs report on the well-being of Lincoln. The 2015 report builds on Lincoln Vital Signs 2014 with two additional years of accumulated data. A new community-wide effort called Prosper Lincoln was launched at the breakfast. People throughout Lincoln were encouraged to participate in a conversation on how to use the Lincoln Vital Signs
In August, the Prosper Lincoln Steering Committee will use the
findings to develop a community agenda for positive change.
information to create a community agenda to build upon Lincoln’s strengths and address areas of concern. Working groups will be
Discussion focused on three main topics:
developed to begin building action plans. More than 50 representatives
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Nurture Youth Success from Cradle to Career
from all sectors of the city – businesses, nonprofit organizations,
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Grow Economic Prosperity
neighborhoods, government, faith communities, philanthropies and
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Enhance Quality of Life
individuals – are leading Prosper Lincoln.
People were asked to offer their ideas on ways to help everyone in
The work culminates this fall when a Prosper Lincoln Summit will be
Lincoln prosper and reach their full potential. Ideas for action were
held to present action plans, share pledges and commitments to bring
gathered online and with idea cards for six weeks following the
each plan to life.
breakfast. By July 1st, more than 2,000 ideas were submitted and are now being synthesized by the University of Nebraska Public
For more information about Prosper Lincoln, visit ProsperLincoln.org.
Policy Center.
To download a copy of Lincoln Vital Signs 2015, visit LincolnVitalSigns.org.
T H A N K Y O U , H A R L A N L AY TO N ! Lincoln Community Foundation was the recent
Harlan died in May of 2015 at the age of 87. Half of his $800,000 gift
recipient of a generous $800,000 legacy gift
will fund scholarships for students from Lancaster County, Nebraska
from Harlan Layton. Harlan was a retired railroad
and from Mount Ayr and Creston, Iowa. The other half will create
brakeman, an Army veteran and a master
a permanent endowment to support People’s City Mission, Cedars
recycler. He started planning his gift in 2002
Youth Services, Community Action Partnership and Clyde Malone
in honor of his beloved wife, Jennie McDowell
Community Center.
Layton, who passed away in 1995.