PLAINFIELD – Plainfield community members will participate in the next step of the Plainfield Forward process to review, discuss and prioritize community-led actions that will improve the future of the town. The meeting will take place on Wednesday, Sept.17, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., at the Haybarn Theater at The Creative Campus at Goddard with free pizza and childcare provided.
Participants will review the ideas brainstormed by community members in surveys, at a youth forum and during a July kickoff event. Through discussion and multiple rounds of dot-voting, the community will identify top priorities for action. All members of the Plainfield community may join, including those displaced by the floods, residents, youth, families and those who work in town or who own businesses.
“We were so impressed by how many community members of all ages showed up to share ideas for the future of Plainfield in July, at the youth forum September 5, and through the online survey,” says Vermont Council on Rural Development (VCRD) Climate Economy Director Laura Cavin Bailey.
This event is the second of a three step process, which brings community members together to examine issues and generate ideas, decide top priorities and develop action plans for the future of the town.
The first step of the process collected input on the opportunities and challenges facing Plainfield from over 230 community members through forums at a community dinner, paper and online surveys and a youth forum. A team of representatives from state and regional organizations joined to listen and will serve as resources to the community as they take action.
The Vermont Council on Rural Development (VCRD) provides the overall structure and neutral facilitation throughout the Plainfield Forward process.
ORCA Media will be live streaming the event.
The third meeting in the process will take place on Thursday, Oct. 16, at the Haybarn Theater at the Creative Campus at Goddard to build action plans around the chosen priorities and connect to technical and financial resources to move the community-determined priorities forward.
For more information, visit bit.ly/PlainfieldForward contact VCRD at (802) 234-1646, or email Laura Cavin Bailey at [email protected]. For accommodations, email Nick Parker at [email protected] or call/text (802) 227-4059.
