Rotary Shares Their Vision: Three Down, 16 to Go
A good session with the Rotary club this evening, facilitated by Janna Kincheloe of Judith Basin Montana. To start the conversation, Rotarians filled two full pages of butcher paper with great things about Whitehall. Come to the session on the evening of the 11th to see the full list.
Rotary’s ideas for Whitehall’s future included (in the order they were suggested):
• Developing a theme for the storefronts and general architecture of the business district such as in Phillipsburg, Three Forks and Ennis have done to create a welcoming appearance and unique quality for the town.
• An animal shelter.
• A more pristine residential environment.
• More business opportunities to keep young people here.
• Maintaining the smaller size of the town with controlled or healthy growth.
• Boost the employment and tax base for town with clean industry.
• Maintain our water resource and beautiful environment.
• A golf course.
• Public transportation with regular trips through town or better network to match up those with time to drive with those in need of transportation.
• Programs available to curb drug abuse.
• An expansion of local government’s boundary beyond the city limits to allow more people to participate in local government.
• Efficient 911 service with better mapping so that responders can find homes where assistance is needed.
• Increased funding for teachers.
• Increased awareness and better local services for low-income people, including a directory of services, centralized service center or a community or visitors center were people can easily access information on medicate, medicare, food stamps etc.
Next up? Ranchers at the Ranchers Roundtable at 6:30 a.m. on Tuesday morning. Thanks Janna for coming to Whitehall to help us facilitate our many small group sessions!
October 8th, 2007 at 8:46 pm
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