In June, the first set of Heart and Soul Visioning Workshops were held in Killingly and Exeter. Preliminary results of the online community surveys and focus group interviews were presented. The most exciting part of the evening was the key pad polling exercise. Images and questions were posted on a screen and folks were asked to rank or prioritize - what they liked or didn't like, what was important to their community, and a whole range of questions. This was a really fun way to get everyone in the room participating in the workshop. The results of the key pad polling are posted on the town pages of the Borderlands website. http://www.borderlandsproject.org/index.asp?col1=villagepilot_Exeter.asp and http://www.borderlandsproject.org/index.asp?col1=villagepilot_Killingly.asp
Over the summer the pilot teams in both towns will be busy planning the next steps of this process and the fall workshops. If you'd like to become involved in this project or just have some questions, please feel free to contact me, Susan Westa, Borderlands VIP Coordinator at susan.westa@uconn.edu or 860-774-9600.