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If you could rebuild Crawford County from ground-up, what would you want it to look like?
This burning question was raised by Janet Pry, director of the Bucyrus Area Community Foundation and member of the Crawford: 20/20 Vision Visioning Committee at the May 17 and 18 community meetings held at the Crawford County Fairgrounds and the William Crawford Intermediate School, respectively.
Crawford: 20/20 Vision’s objectives:
· Explore “where we are now”
· Identify challenges and determine “where we want to be” in the next two, five and 10 years
· Map “how we get there” and collaborate as a unit to build effective solutions
· Establish “who must do what” and take action through implementation
· Improve Crawford County as a whole
Before any action is taken or any improvements become tangible, the Visioning Committee and hired consultants Christopher Spence and Barbara Endel, Ph.D. are reaching out to community members and leaders for input, challenge identification and solution building through community meetings – seven have been held to date.
During the most recent May 17 and 18 meetings, facts were presented about the state of Crawford County’s economic climate, discussions were held and community members were able to provide input to a series of questions with instant results via Turning Point clicker technology. Spence and Endel said results have been relatively consistent among community members throughout the course of the meetings.
After the information, discussion and polling, community members were invited to participate in breakout sessions facilitated by Visioning Committee members and the consultants. The sessions focused on issues such as employment and business development, public safety, quality of life, leadership collaboration and more.
Breakout session groups were asked to identify challenges within the aforementioned topics, as well as potential solutions to the problems. Following these discussions, facilitators presented each group’s list of challenges and solutions to the rest of those in attendance. Discussion followed.
Only one community meeting remains before the initiative moves forward to the next stage of development. The final community meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. on June 16 at Wynford Schools.
For more information on the initiative, contact the Crawford County Economic Development Partnership at 419-563-1809 or the Crawford Regional Planning Commission at 419-562-8566. Visit the Web site: http://www.crawford2020.com/.
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The Crawford: 20/20 Vision initiative is an unprecedented effort to bring together the people of Crawford County to take charge of challenges and turn them around. The initiative will develop and implement a Crawford Vision that will guide the county for the next decade
If you could rebuild Crawford County from ground-up, what would you want it to look like?
This burning question was raised by Janet Pry, director of the Bucyrus Area Community Foundation and member of the Crawford: 20/20 Vision Visioning Committee at the May 17 and 18 community meetings held at the Crawford County Fairgrounds and the William Crawford Intermediate School, respectively.
Crawford: 20/20 Vision’s objectives:
· Explore “where we are now”
· Identify challenges and determine “where we want to be” in the next two, five and 10 years
· Map “how we get there” and collaborate as a unit to build effective solutions
· Establish “who must do what” and take action through implementation
· Improve Crawford County as a whole
Before any action is taken or any improvements become tangible, the Visioning Committee and hired consultants Christopher Spence and Barbara Endel, Ph.D. are reaching out to community members and leaders for input, challenge identification and solution building through community meetings – seven have been held to date.
During the most recent May 17 and 18 meetings, facts were presented about the state of Crawford County’s economic climate, discussions were held and community members were able to provide input to a series of questions with instant results via Turning Point clicker technology. Spence and Endel said results have been relatively consistent among community members throughout the course of the meetings.
After the information, discussion and polling, community members were invited to participate in breakout sessions facilitated by Visioning Committee members and the consultants. The sessions focused on issues such as employment and business development, public safety, quality of life, leadership collaboration and more.
Breakout session groups were asked to identify challenges within the aforementioned topics, as well as potential solutions to the problems. Following these discussions, facilitators presented each group’s list of challenges and solutions to the rest of those in attendance. Discussion followed.
Only one community meeting remains before the initiative moves forward to the next stage of development. The final community meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. on June 16 at Wynford Schools.
For more information on the initiative, contact the Crawford County Economic Development Partnership at 419-563-1809 or the Crawford Regional Planning Commission at 419-562-8566. Visit the Web site: http://www.crawford2020.com/.
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The Crawford: 20/20 Vision initiative is an unprecedented effort to bring together the people of Crawford County to take charge of challenges and turn them around. The initiative will develop and implement a Crawford Vision that will guide the county for the next decade
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