CAFB, partners brainstorm

COLUMBUS AFB, Miss. - Columbus Air Force Base hosted its second Air Force Community Partnership meeting May 3 where more than 70 base and community leaders shared ideas about how to create better partnerships. The 4-hour brain-storming workshop focused on objectives for potential partnerships, existing agreements, challenges, and opportunities. The session was broken into four focus groups: Work, Play, Live and Learn. After each of the focus groups concluded, a spokesperson from each area presented Top 10 recommendations. “There really isn’t any other program in the Air Force that is purely about working with the partners outside of the gates to help solve our problems,” said Lt. Col. Timorah Beales, partnership broker with the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force. The partnership program, one of the 13 “Make Every Dollar Count” initiatives launched by the AF, offers opportunities for military installations and local communities to achieve mutual value and benefit. (Source: Columbus AFB 05/05/17)