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Effingham County Community MAPPING (PAVE) |
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Effingham County has enlisted the help of the MAPPING The Future of Your Community program through the Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs at Western Illinois University to take a proactive approach to planning for community and economic development. PAVE (Promoting A Vision for Effingham County) is a participant driven strategic visioning and planning process whereby local leaders and citizen volunteers create a long-range vision for the future of Effingham County and a plan of action for achieving it. A series of five, three-hour sessions, involving community members will be held to discuss the questions:
During these five planning sessions, participants will identify three to six high priority goals for the community, an action plan for implementation, and a break into groups to begin work on their goals and projects. After the conclusion of the MAPPING program, participants will organize a community wide town meeting to share their ideas and projects with the community and invite local participation. 2022 session dates are as follows*: April 6: 6:00-9:00 pm April 13: 6:00-9:00 pm - POSTPONED April 20: 6:00-9:00 pm April 27: 6:00-9:00 pm May 4: 6:00-9:00 pm May 11: 6:00-9:00 pm *Dinner will be provided from 5:15pm – 6:00pm For more information, contact Lucinda Hart, Chamber President & CEO, at lhart@effinghamcountychamber.com; (217) 342-4147, or Mr. Courtney Yockey, Effingham Regional Growth Alliance President, at cyockey@groweffinghamcountyil.com; (217) 342-4214. |