Communities Count is a collaboration of stakeholders across King County who are committed to improving community health and well-being through information advocacy—providing accurate and timely reports on conditions that matter to King County residents. Every three years, Communities Count reports on 38 social, economic, health, environmental and cultural indicators. The report is used by city and county governments, public agencies, foundations, human service funders, non-profit agencies, community-based organizations, and residents. The next Communities Count report comes out in December 2008.

Much of the Communities Count information is available on B-Sustainable, your Central Puget Sound Information Source for Making Sustainable Choices (launching in Fall  2008).                                                                                                                             

Communities Count Action Agenda Strategies:

• timely dissemination of indicator information to decision-makers and community leaders- including individualized briefings and inclusion of information on B-Sustainable.

• individual assistance to organizations to apply information to action.

• collaboration with neighborhoods and communities on using local Livability Assessments to inform collective action.

• convening of key stakeholders to plan collective action and advocacy to address key trends.

To request a briefing of Communities Count 2008 data, assistance in using the data to inform your decision-making and enhance your advocacy efforts, or neighborhood or community livability consultation, email Megan Horst at mailto:megan@sustainableseattle.org.