East Winter Garden
Neighborhood Opportunity Initiative
Economic Impact: Polis Institute had a 1.9x rate of return for every dollar spent on our East Winter Garden work.
Community: +$75K directly invested into East Winter Garden related to Polis’s community work.
Champions:
- West Orange Healthcare District
- Healthy West Orange
- City of Winter Garden
Solutions Toolkit:
- Community Conversations
- Asset Mapping
- Community Survey
- Place-Based Hiring: Engagement Ambassadors & Community Research Assistants
- Propel Leadership Course
- Measurement Accountability
Other Initiatives

Eatonville
Economic Impact There was a 2.16x rate of return for every dollar spent on Polis Institute’s work in Eatonville.
Community: $25K directly invested by new sources into Eatonville as a result of Polis’s collaborative work.

West Lakes
Economic Impact: Every dollar spent on Polis Institute’s work in West Lakes had a 1.7x rate of economic return.
Community: $9.125 Million new investments into West Lakes as a result of Polis Institute’s work.

Parramore
Economic Impact: Polis Institute’s phase one of work in Parramore had a 1.9x rate of economic return.
Community: +$25K new direct community investments into Parramore in Polis Institute’s first year of community work.