Is there a report from the October 2018 event?
Sure is! Click here to read the 52-page PDF document detailing all of the great ideas we generated and the process we went through.
What is “What’s Next Middlesex?”
"What’s Next Middlesex” was a community-wide celebration on Oct. 26-27, 2018, featuring great food, neighborly conversation, and a chance for people who live, work or own in Middlesex to share their ideas for Middlesex's future. Over 200 Middlesex residents turned out to celebrate our community and explore ideas for the future at the event.
Lots of great ideas, and four action groups emerged from the "What’s Next Middlesex?” process. These groups welcome your participation! Details are on the Participate page.
Has anyone else ever done this?
Yes!
You can watch this 4-minute video about how it has worked in Vermont and New Hampshire’s Upper Valley region.
Sure is! Click here to read the 52-page PDF document detailing all of the great ideas we generated and the process we went through.
What is “What’s Next Middlesex?”
"What’s Next Middlesex” was a community-wide celebration on Oct. 26-27, 2018, featuring great food, neighborly conversation, and a chance for people who live, work or own in Middlesex to share their ideas for Middlesex's future. Over 200 Middlesex residents turned out to celebrate our community and explore ideas for the future at the event.
Lots of great ideas, and four action groups emerged from the "What’s Next Middlesex?” process. These groups welcome your participation! Details are on the Participate page.
Has anyone else ever done this?
Yes!
You can watch this 4-minute video about how it has worked in Vermont and New Hampshire’s Upper Valley region.
Called a “Vision-to-Action Forum,” this process has been used successfully in 70+ communities around Vermont, across in New England, and as far away as Alaska and even Central Europe. The Vision-to-Action model was developed by Vital Communities of the Upper Valley (White River Jct., VT) and Antioch New England Institute (Keene, NH). With support from the League of Women Voters, this process draws on models developed by University of Vermont and University of New Hampshire Extension Services. If you’re familiar with the Vermont Council on Rural Development’s “Community Visits” or Orton’s “Heart and Soul” models, you’ll see similarities here too.
If you have a question we haven't answered yet, please feel free to contact us.
Event is sponsored by Capitol Copy