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Community Conversation Task Force

Community Conversation Task Force. Report and Recommendation Presentation October 12, 2011. Welcome to The Conversation!. Who we Are. 4 Sponsors Multiple Issues The Conversation Begins 38 Citizens Four Months Over 70 Hours of Meetings 1 Report 6 Priorities. Diversity Not Adversity.

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Community Conversation Task Force

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  1. Community ConversationTask Force Report and Recommendation Presentation October 12, 2011

  2. Welcome toThe Conversation!

  3. Who we Are 4 Sponsors Multiple Issues The Conversation Begins 38 Citizens Four Months Over 70 Hours of Meetings 1 Report 6 Priorities

  4. Diversity Not Adversity • 12 Women and 26 Men • Ages 30-70 • 12 with kids in school, 26 without • Coming together from Thiensville and every district in Mequon, equally distributed East and West • Living in MT from less than 5 to more than 50 years, with the majority more than 20 years • Respecting, Working, Listening • Finding Common Ground

  5. Questions Answered“to create a vibrant and vital community” 1. Where are we Now? (current status) 2. What do we want to Be? (future aspirations) 3. How do we get There? (recommendations)

  6. Where are we Now? • Mix of Urban and Rural Areas • 3 Commercial Districts • Focus on Academics & Extra-Curriculars • Many Education Choices • Low Taxes • Low Crime • Good Services and Infrastructure

  7. Where are we Now? • Lack of Vision, Identity and Sense of Urgency • 2 Communities, No Community Feel • Poor Communication • Challenges to Sustaining Education • Aging Population • Unattractive or Unaffordable Homes • Stagnant Commercial Development with an Unwelcome Perception

  8. Questions Answered 1. Where are we Now? (current status) 2. What do we want to Be? (future aspirations) 3. How do we get There? (recommendations)

  9. What do we want to Be? A 100 Best Place to Live in America With the “Best We Can Be” Schools A Community People will be Homesick for Responsive Development and Responsible Local Government

  10. Questions Answered 1. Where are we Now? (current status) 2. What do we want to Be? (future aspirations) 3. How do we get There? (recommendations)

  11. How do we get There? #1: Shared Vision

  12. How do we get There? #2: CO-BRANDING

  13. How do we get There? #3: Continual communication

  14. How do we get There? #4: Total Commitment to schools

  15. How do we get There? #5: New homes and better older homes

  16. How do we get There? #6: Stimulate investment & development

  17. Do you See? It’s all connected!

  18. Why should we Care? “When the world outside your Community is changing faster than inside your Community, disaster is imminent.”

  19. Call to Action (Sponsors) • Establish a Visioning and Branding Task Force • Create a Communications Committee • Encourage Planning Commissions and Economic Development Boards and the M-T Chamber of Commerceto Address Related Recommendations • Encourage MTSD and School Board to Address School Recommendations • Proactively Engage the Community to be Actively Involved Using the Success of the Task Force Model. • Meet in120Days for a Community Conversation to Update Progress and then every 6 Months over the next Two Years

  20. Call to Action (Citizens) • Stay Informed • Engage in Civil Debate • Provide Constructive Feedback in Discussion Groups • Hold Officials Accountable • Encourage the Sense of Community

  21. Thank You!

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