BCDC And Your Broadwater Community Review
Author: John Hahn, BCDC
We are getting closer to the deadline for completing our much-awaited Community Review report. We would really appreciate your participation in this process as we gather your thoughts, concerns and your positive notions as to the way YOU think Broadwater County is headed or should be headed both economically and community-wise. The input we receive from you, the public, will be put to good use to help us guide local government and the way nonprofits utilize their resources and manpower over the next several years. Think of this process as a first step in the ongoing visioning process in your community. From Infrastructure to Housing to Recreation to Solid Waste to Everything in between, we want your ideas. How do you want Broadwater County to look and improve?
On October 12th, we will conduct several Listening Sessions scattered around Broadwater County with sessions in the Wheatland area, Toston, Townsend and Winston areas being targeted to try and get a good representation in the county. (We are not trying to leave out the east side of the lake. We only have so much time.)
We definitely do not want to leave anyone out who wants to be heard. If you can’t make it to one of the Listening Sessions during the day, you can still be heard at the Town Hall meeting in Townsend that evening from 6:30 to 8:00. Some of the meeting places have been determined but others have not. We will let you know through the paper and the https://www.townsendmt.com website as to where and when you can participate. Food and beverages will also be provided. These listening sessions will be from one to one and a half hours long.
Many different groups are being asked to participate in the different Listening Sessions such as teachers and students, businesses, agriculture, nonprofits, Sheriff’s Dept., Search and Rescue, Family Services, Senior Citizens, landowners and subdivisions. Each and any of the Broadwater County residents are more than welcome to come. Don’t forget the all-important Town Hall meeting in the evening too. The next day the facilitators and the Community Review committee will sit down and debrief what we heard the day before and these people will be the report writers.
Also, we are still looking for more surveys to be turned in. By now, you have probably forgotten you ever got one so if you haven’t filled one out, please stop by the MSU Extension office at 417 Broadway, Townsend and ask for help to fill one out. These will help us to focus on the topics that are the most needed to discuss at our meetings. We look forward to hearing from you!
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