CDA 2030 Summit this Weekend!
Happy Thursday everyone!
It's hard to believe that it's already the second week in November... where did the time go? And as you may have guessed based on the title of this post, this Saturday is the CDA 2030 community summit. Remember when I talked about it way back when? Well it's here and I hope you guys realize how huge this is.
To help convince you how important it is for everyone to participate, I interviewed emailed Nicole Kahler, the Coeur d’Alene 2030 Visioning Project, Project Manager.
Enjoy!
- Review key information and vision ideas from the community
- Affirm a statement of core community values
- Work on an overarching vision for greater CDA
- Develop visions and strategies for specific focus areas
The end result – a draft vision statement and a framework for an action plan.Participants can expect to hold a respectful dialog when sharing their opinion, thinking about other opinions and work together for the greater good of the community.Participants may also be surprised by what others have to say. Something that was really rewarding to see was participants network at our workshops last month. For example, a participant realized that he lived in the same neighborhood as another participant. After the workshop he introduced himself and invited her to the HOA meeting which is about to make some major decisions in their neighborhood. Although this isn't a world-saving example, it was really awesome to see that CDA 2030 is helping community member work together for the greater good of their community.A lot of people believe their opinion doesn't matter when it comes to big projects like this. How much does the community's opinion really count in this project?CDA 2030 is all about collecting the community’s opinion. We have collected data through our scientific community survey (http://www.cda2030.org/polls-results/), through questionnaires, workshops, and interviews. This data has given us the top community values, trends, visions, and actions that will be presented at the Community Vision Summit. From there, community members will review the information to make sure that nothing is missing. That we are representing our community in a holistic fashion. Our Vision Drafting Committee, which has been charged with taking the information as it is and not pushing a personal agenda, will then work on finalizing an overarching vision and series of vision statements. To make sure that the community opinion is accurately represented, in the beginning of 2014, we will take this information back out into the community for review and conduct a scientific validation survey.
Registration helps the CDA 2030 team make sure we have enough seating and lunches prepared for the event. Registration is strongly encouraged, however, we do expect and will welcome participants that have not pre-registered. As far as I am concerned, the room capacity will be the only limit on the number of participants.We are asking all able participants to donate a non-perishable food item(s) or a monetary donation to the Community Food Bank in exchange for the lunch provided at the Community Vision Summit. Although it might not be realistic with little notice to the participants, I’d love to say, lets collect 2,030 lbs of food… how cool would that be!Community Vision Summit
Values and vision ideas will be shared at the Community Vision Summit. Come find out what others have to say!
- 1-in-5 residents believe that the greatest issue facing Coeur d’Alene today is population growth.
- 1 out of 4 residents reported that the greatest issue facing Coeur d’Alene today is a lack of jobs.
- Over 70 percent of respondents feel that it is ‘very important’ for a community to have good relations between people who have different cultural backgrounds.
- 7-out-of-10 respondents also feel that respectful dialogue and cooperation among community leaders and citizens is ‘very important’.
- 1-in-5 respondents believe that population growth will influence the greater Coeur d’Alene as a better or worse place to live.
What is one of the biggest misconceptions about the project?One of the biggest misconceptions is that CDA 2030 is a City of Coeur d’Alene operated and owned project. This project is a community owned project. The intention is when this project is completed, any community member can access our reports and use the information. We encourage the community to use our information because we know that it is representative of the greater Cd'A area.Yes, the city is a sponsor of CDA 2030, but there are a lot of other businesses/companies that have supported CDA 2030 with in-kind donations and monetary support. Our major sponsors include: Avista, City of Coeur d’Alene, Coeur d’Alene Chamber of Commerce, Kootenai Health, Lake City Development Corporation, Lewis-Clark State College- Cd'A, North Idaho College, University of Idaho- Cd'A, Coeur d’Alene Association of Realtors, and Pita Pit.Why should people be excited and get involved?People should be excited that we have a community that is supportive of this process. This process allows everyone’s opinions can be heard.A big thanks to Nicole for answering all of my questions! I hope that you all plan to attend the summit on Saturday. I'll be there with a couple friends (I'll be the dork taking pictures of everything).If you have any questions contact the 2030 group - I'm sure they'd love to hear from you!