NEWS & EVENTS

CVP sector group sessions getting underway
By Mike Christopherson, Managing Editor
Crookston Daily Times

December 2, 2004 - The people named sector leaders as the Crookston Vitality Project enters its next phase are starting to conduct meetings with their sector groups. Citizens who haven't yet had an opportunity to sign up to be involved in a group are invited to attend any sector group meetings they wish.

Ann Graham, leader of the Community Leadership & Involvement sector group, will conduct the group's first meeting this afternoon from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. in the Valley Technology Park conference room. Dave Genereux, leader of the Economic Vitality & Community Development sector group, will host a meeting at City Hall tonight at 7 p.m. Craig Morgan, leader of the Parks, Recreation & Natural Resources sector, will meet with his group on Monday, Dec. 13 at 7 p.m. at the Presbyterian Church.

Other sector leaders are Chad Palm, leader of the Education (from early childhood to higher ed and lifelong learning) sector, and Jana Brekken, leader of the Healthcare & Human Services sector.

The goal of each group will be to develop a vision and action plan for their specific area of the community.

This phase of the Crookston Vitality Project is expected to conclude with a three to five-year strategic plan written by the end of 2005.

The CVP Steering Committee, boosted by the recent awarding of a grant from the Northwest Minnesota Foundation, has approved the job description for a coordinator of phase two and will soon begin advertising for applicants.