Progress and Outcomes
Steering Committee/Site Coordinator Level:
Entrepreneurship:
BR&E survey completed, reviewed preliminary results. Planning town hall meetings in October to share information for both counties.
Shop Local First Campaign will get kicked off Sept 20th. BECA grant helped with this effort. This is a multi-county effort.
Leadership:
Ann reported that the leadership class will begin around November 1st. Will not offer this class to high school students this year. Deb K. and Kim C. will be heading the leadership class this year. Hope to have at least 12 and no more than 20 participants. Some interest during BR&E surveys. Need buyin from businesses. Really focusing on identifying and training new local leaders.
Charitable Giving:
Perkins County – held Annual Meeting in August. Working toward raising $75,000 by Dec 1st for Hunt Challenge. Have about $50,000 gathered.
Chase County – Imperial CF raised over $150,000 cash to met the Hunt Challenge. It is complete thanks to Pinnacle Banks most recent $10,000 donation. Will hold a celebration sometime this fall.
Youth Engagement:
Perkins County – Perkins County Youth Council – 25 kids- have helped w/12 projects and they organized in March. A county wide youth service group. Freshman to seniors. Each senior will get a scholarship. Have to have good grades to participate, just like other school activities. Strongly supported by school. Will hold a kick-off dance in Sept to recruit more kids. Committee Structure.
Chase County – County extension educator, Kim Cook, hosting an after-school ESI 4-H curriculum for 5th graders in Sept and Oct for 2 hours each Tuesday.
Plan to have a joint county e-ship workshop for all high school kids to be held in Imperial, like last year but will include all hs kids, not just seniors and will have it earlier than April.
Other Key Outcomes:
The Perkins County Zoning Commission was represented by Chris L. and they would like to work with HTC to survey Perkins County in order to update their comprehensive plan. Surveys were discussed, questions, ideas shared and the Perkins County Youth Council could assist with the survey.
Site Issues and Observations
Ethanol Plant – producing
Bio-Diesel project – on track
Pipeline Progress – wants to buy water to pressure check line, asking Grant golf course to purchase water from them
Next Meeting:
Tuesday, October 30, 2007 in Imperial
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