Working Group Agenda July 2015

Harpers Ferry Vision for Our Future: The Work Begins

1.   You are a team of community builders.  Welcome and introductions.
2.   Sign-in. (required by USDA Rural Community Development Initiative Grant)
3.   Review contact list.  Correct and edit.  Who is not here?
4.   The role of your coach:  You are the team. A coach does not play and a coach does not       win. The team does. A coach fills in the gaps and works to support each team player,             but the team does the work and achieves the goal.
5.   The role of your leaders:  Your leaders are like team captains and will serve for one             year. They will call meetings, take notes and share them with members, follow-up with         members who cannot attend and work closely with the coach to ensure meetings are           meaningful. 
6.   Who will take notes and then send them out to the members? (see 9 below)
7.   Pass out the road map.  Tonight we will accomplish the following:

Goal Setting Meeting:

• Update Goal Possibilities/
  
• Identify project(s)
  
• Who are our partners
  
• What are our resources
  

The working group should be tasked with:

• Refining goals.
• Exploring partnerships and resources
• Naming regular meeting date, time
• Send meeting report to Mayor hrfycity@acegroup.cc , and other working groups, and jon@dbqfoundation.org

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8.   Use the working group project form to assign tasks.
9.   If necessary, use cell phone cameras to make copies of any hand-written documents           from the meeting and share with others via email, as well as send to the Mayor                       hrfycity@acegroup.cc Otherwise, be sure notes taken on a laptop or typed and are                 shared with the group, the mayor, the other working group leaders and with                              jon@dbqfoundation.org

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Upcoming Working Group Meetings

Enhancing Tourism
Thursday, August 13 @ 5:30 p.m. 
City Hall — Harpers Ferry, Iowa
All meetings are open to the public.

Helping Young Families Thrive
Thursday, July 13 @ 6 p.m. 
City Hall — Harpers Ferry, Iowa
All meetings are open to the public.

Permanent Residents
Thursday, August 20 @ 7 p.m. 
City Hall — Harpers Ferry, Iowa
All meetings are open to the public.

Business & Jobs
Thursday, August 25 @ 7 p.m. 
City Hall — Harpers Ferry, Iowa
All meetings are open to the public.

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How to get involved

If you would like to join the conversation, there are still opportunities for you to join a focus group.  To join a group or learn more, contact community coordinator Theresa Gallagher ‎at gallagherlarkin@gmail.com or 563.380.2111.

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About Harpers Ferry/Vision for Our Future

Harpers Ferry/Vision for Our Future is a community visioning project sponsored by the Allamakee County Community Foundation and the USDA Rural Community Development Initiative with the purpose of planning for the future of Harpers Ferry.

In 2014, the Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque received a $152,492 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Community Development Initiative (RCDI) program. RCDI helps community-based development organizations, federally recognized Indian tribes and other groups promote economic growth in low-income, rural communities. CFGD’s grant seeks to build greater prosperity and sustainability in four rural counties in Iowa and Jo Daviess County in Illinois. In Harpers Ferry, that effort has helped created Harpers Ferry/Vision for Our Future.