NEWS & EVENTS

'Showcasing the Future' event set for Feb. 6

By Mike Christopherson, Managing Editor
Crookston Daily Times

At Monday's latest Newcomers' Gathering, this one at the public library,
some of the attendees who are both new and not so new to the area
share a laugh. The next Newcomers Gathering will be held on Feb. 6 at
the high school, to coincide with the Crookston Vitality Project's
" Showcasing the Future" event. (Submitted Photo)

January 11, 2006 - The Crookston Vitality Project Steering Committee and various CVP Sector Group leaders invite the public to a "Showcasing the Future" event at Crookston High School on Monday, Feb. 6 that will feature the latest and most detailed drawings of the proposed community center/arena.

The event will be similar to an event hosted by CVP leaders in the fall of 2004 at CHS that updated citizens on goals and objectives that had been identified. At that meeting, attendees were able to sign up for various Sector Groups, which in the months afterward met and identified numerous goals, some of which have been met.

Oh, and they also got to eat a lot of local food, provided by local eateries as part of a "Taste of Crookston."

There will be just as much food on Feb. 6, too, and some local entertainment as well.

The evening's agenda is still taking shape. But it looks like things will start at 6 p.m. in the CHS auditorium with an update on what all the sector groups have been up to. That update will include the latest on the proposed community center/arena, courtesy of Parks, Recreation & Natural Resources Sector Leader Craig Morgan.

Attendees will then adjourn to the commons area, where they'll get to eat and also provide input, in written form and also by applying sticky dots next to CVP priorities they most agree with. They'll also get to see the latest drawings of the proposed community center/arena, and fill out a quick survey seeking their opinions on the initiative.

Although it's not official, CVP leaders are hoping to make the event more of a family atmosphere by utilizing CHS Leo Club members to provide games and other activities for kids in the gymnasium during the evening's opening session. Then the kids would join their parents to eat in the commons.

The event is expected to wrap up by 8 p.m. The Times will provide more details as Feb. 6 approaches, including a list of all the CVP Sector Groups, the goals they've identified, and what they've accomplished.