Welcome

The Common Pathways Vision

Greater Worcester is a great place to be born, grow up, learn, live, work, raise a family, grow old, and participate in community life.

The Common Pathways Mission

To promote shared learning, reflection, and broad engagement that improves community decision making and quality of life for residents of Greater Worcester.

Common Pathways subscribes to the following Healthy Communities Principles:

  1. A broad definition of "health"
  2. A broad definition of "community"
  3. Shared vision from community values
  4. Address quality of life for everyone
  5. Diverse citizen participation and widespread community ownership
  6. Focus on "systems change"
  7. Build capacity using local assets and resources
  8. Benchmark and measure progress and outcomes
  9. Invest in youth leadership and development

The Common Pathways Work Groups:

  1. Communications and Marketing
  2. Economic Development
  3. Education
  4. Housing
  5. Indicators
  6. MassCONECT in Worcester
  7. Mental Health and Social Services
  8. Public Health and Medical Services
  9. Resources and Development
  10. Transportation

We follow our vision, mission, and principles in our day to day experiences together. We took what we heard from you, the community, at open forums we held in November of 2005, April of 2006, and March 2008, and turned them into foreseeable goals to accomplish for our greater good. These goals are carried out by a growing number of work groups and committees, made up of members of the community and providers for the community, who have become partners of Common Pathways.

We invite you to explore our website. Here, you will find more information on our history, specifics on the forums, descriptions of our work groups and committees, how to become involved in them, and much more.

Thank you, and we hope to hear from you soon!

           ~The Common Pathways Coalition

Community Members