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Surveys - on website, survey monkey 8-10 questions, send out in October 2017 (8 hours)
<br />write questions, evaluate responses, codify report. Send again in spring of 2018. Report on number
<br />of responses, trends/themes, outliers, concerns, great ideas, quotes.
<br />On-site observation (8 hours) - 4 sessions, walking tour of town center area with Orono staff,
<br />Advisory group members, stakeholders, including observation of pedestrian patterns, traffic
<br />conditions, green space amenities, proximity to commercial/retail, general flow, different times of
<br />day, different seasons.
<br />Research on reports/studies completed to date, balanced against best practice/trends today.
<br />Assess changes in demographics, articulate assumptions, examine survey demographics, weigh
<br />against national trends/best practice/emerging policies, evaluate comments, concerns, ideas. (16
<br />hours)
<br />Deliverable: Written report, memo format, with synopsis of comments, trends,
<br />concerns, ideas for both qualitative interviews and survey data. 2-4 pages each report.
<br />Memo on observations of proposed sites for activation: pedestrian activity, general energy,
<br />physical barriers/opportunities. 2-4 pages.
<br />Community Conversations
<br />3 conversations over 6 months: (30 hours) Additional budget required for food, facility rental/set
<br />up, invitations, printing, and meeting materials.
<br />Utilizing "Art of Hosting" or Participatory Leadership strategies to engage stakeholders in tackling
<br />the challenge of how and why to Re -Imagine Navarre. Method is a "hosted" format of
<br />conversations, where planning team (Orono staff with Art of Hosting trained facilitator) articulate
<br />the challenge to be addressed, shape guiding questions to generate conversation, invite
<br />stakeholders, host the physical space to encourage attendance, participation, trust, goal -setting, calls
<br />to action, and potential barriers to success, and capture and collate artifacts of meeting, outcomes,
<br />emerging themes, direction forward.
<br />Plan 1: Scattershot: to attract the most number of DIFFERENT people from different
<br />demographic groups together to address issues/re-imagine Navarre (working folk, elders, young
<br />parents, empty nesters, business people, local organizations/advocacy groups). Idea is to plan
<br />meetings at different times of day, over a period of 6 months, to attract various stakeholders and to
<br />appeal to different schedules and job/personal needs. Conversations would try to cover all/most
<br />themes at each meeting, with variation being the variety of attendees:
<br />Conversation 1- 5:30 to 7:30 weekday evening, for 50-60 people, dinner
<br />Conversation 2 - Breakfast meeting, 8-10 am Saturday morning
<br />OR Conversation 3 - Discussion and Dessert, 7-9 pm weekday evening
<br />Plan 2: Thematic: Three meetings over three different months, attracting the same people
<br />over time, intended that they attend all 3 meetings, or as many as they can, covering material
<br />thematically (Assets and Values one night; Resources and Barriers another; Deficits and
<br />Opportunities another, for example):
<br />All Conversations 6-8 pm, weeknight, local church or gathering spot, dinner provided, with
<br />childcare, interpreters available.
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