Collaborative Solutions for Washington County

Mission & Vision

Our Mission is to identify critical issues and support collaborative community-based solutions.

Our Vision is a Washington County where all people live and work in healthy, vibrant, sustainable communities.

Vision Action Network Values

Trust and Caring: We bring people together to encourage their trust and respect for each other as they work to build better communities.

Collaboration and Partnership: We promote effective, ongoing cooperation between our partners to build a culture of collaboration to address community needs.

Diverse, Inclusive and Meaningful Engagement: We actively seek to develop leadership that reflects the community, involving all sectors and cultures.

Resource Leverage: We engage community resources for maximum impact.

The VAN Process: Listen. Focus. Act.

Listen: VAN assesses community needs and serves as an information resource for important community issues.

Focus: VAN prioritizes practical strategies that respond to established community needs.

Act: VAN is a catalyst for community initiatives that enhance the quality of life in our community.

These initiatives are encouraged and sustained in one of three ways:

• By supporting the mission of an existing organization.

• Through a partnership among several organizations.

• Through a collaborative effort involving multiple partners, which may result in the creation of a new organization.