Henniker Community Profile
                                                                                             at
                                                                          Henniker Community School
                                                                                April 17 & 18, 2009

                                                                                         Agenda

Friday, April 17, 2009:   6:00-9:30 p.m.

6:00     Sign-In & Potluck Supper

7:00     Welcome – Michele Gagne, UNH Cooperative             Extension  & Amanda Gilman, Steering Committee Chair

á   Overview of Community Profile Process

á   Who is here?

            Mosaic and Vision

á   What is Henniker like now?

á   What do we want Henniker to be like in the

          future?

            Historical Overview – ?????, Henniker                    

             Historical Society & Town Historian                           

á   Where has Henniker been?

7:45     Presentation of Community Profile components

¤   Effective Community Leadership

¤   Informed Citizen Participation

¤   Sense of Community

¤   Fostering Healthy Families, Individuals

   and Youth

¤   Lifelong Education and Learning

¤   Community Services, Facilities, and Utilities

¤   Recreation and Cultural Heritage

¤   Working Landscape and the Natural Environment

¤   Economic Vitality

¤   Growth and Development

¤   Transportation

8:00     Break/Move into small groups

8:15     Small group discussions of components

            Random assignments to small groups, one

              component per group

            ¥     Strengths of Henniker in the component area

            ¥     Weaknesses of Henniker in the component area

            ¥     What would you like to see in the future?

            ¥     What are the 5 key issues that need to be addressed?

9:30      Formal adjournment

 

Saturday, April 18, 2009:   8:30 a.m.-2:00pm

8:30     Coffee and check-in

9:00     Small group reports

            ¥  Each of the eleven small groups report to the large

               group, three minutes each.

9:45     Selection of key issues - participants select small group/issues

10:15   Break

10:30   Small groups meet for key issue discussion:

            ¥  Define the problem or opportunity

            ¥  Project goals - identify what you want to accomplish

            ¥  Identify potential projects/solutions

            ¥  Evaluate potential projects using impact-feasibility grid

            ¥  Select 3 projects to bring to the full group

12:15   Full Group: report back from small groups

12:45   Lunch and voting

            ¥  Which projects do you think we should move

               forward on?

á    Which is the most important project for Henniker right now?

1:30     Individual selection of project development groups

            Project development: small groups      

á    Who needs to be involved (agencies/individuals)

á    Resources needed

á    Other things needed to be done prior to follow-up meeting

2:00     Formal adjournment

 

 

 

 

 

 


This Community Profile is facilitated by University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension in partnership with the Town of Henniker.  UNH Cooperative Extension
is an equal opportunity educator and employer. UNH, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture and New Hampshire counties cooperating.