From Minds to Mountains:
Building a Brighter Future Together
CAIDI INITIATIVE
Vitalizing Siskiyou County
INITIATIVE OVERVIEW
The Vitalizing Siskiyou County is a Master Initiative that provides a framework for a decade of dedicated innovative initiatives focused on creating a county that is thriving economically, culturally, socially and environmentally.
OBJECTIVES
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Foster collective intelligence: Create a collaborative platform and process bringing together community members, local government, students, scientists, innovators, business leaders, and policymakers to share ideas and expertise with the goal of vitalizing Siskiyou County.
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Spark annual innovation: Drive the development of one impactful, locally-driven initiative each year to solve a pressing challenge and advance the county's well-being while fostering and respecting its cultural diversity.
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Empower community ownership: Ensure residents participate meaningfully in shaping the future of Siskiyou County through their ideas and active engagement in chosen initiatives.
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Strengthen CAIDI's impact: Provide CAIDI Institute with a robust pipeline of initiatives for potential implementation, furthering its mission to serve the community and vitalize it for the benefit of the county's residents and businesses.
IMPLEMENTATION
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Themed annual think tanks: Rotate the focus of each "Think Tank Summit" to address a specific challenge area (e.g., housing in year 1, economic development in year 2, etc).
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Invite the Brightest Minds: Using the CAIDI Innovation Network, ensure that the brightest people from a cross section of sectors including scientists, innovators, business leaders, academics, and policymakers will participate in the think tank and solutions. Additionally, expertise in the designated challenge area for each year will be engaged.
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Invite Community and County Government Participation: Ensure that county residence and local government representatives are key participants in initiative selection and think tank solutions.
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Initiative Creation and Funding: The selected idea will be incubated for 6 months similar to all CAIDI initiatives.The funding for the selected idea will be led by CAIDI Starts. If needed to be funded through private equity, it will be presented to the CAIDI Funding Network. If funding needs to come philanthropically, it will be presented to the CAIDI Philanthropic Network for funding.
Vitalizing Siskiyou County Initiatives
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Let us know what Siskiyou County challenge you want us to solve for in 2026.
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