Community Leadership Program
Hosted by Leadership Everyone
Date: May 12, 2021
Total Participants
Participant Demographics
Participant Passions
Carry Forward
Leave Behind
Visions
Group 1 Visions
- access to healthcare
- outdoor pool open late
- playgrounds, parks, trails connected
- universities that offer additional degrees
- after school programs
- innovative school designs – learning labs
- indoor sports facility
- neighborhood policing or neighborhood watch
- neighborhood garden with fresh produce
- free childcare for working poor & middle class
- 4-day work weeks
- school starrts after labor day
- centralized recycling center, cleaner spaces
- diverse representation at the table
- jobs or education opportunities for special needs people
- revitalization of mesker amphitheatre
- utilization of riverfront amphitheatre for entertainment on the water (not just hydrosports)
- Amtrak stop in our Region
- more investment in broadband internet, access to resources we need for education
- money in our region
- churches
- biking trails
- cornfields, farming
- rural internet (broadband)
- recreational areas, baseball
- more industry & manufacturing
- more entertainment & recreation
Group 2 Visions
- environmental, a close community, interaction with neighbors
- hayride, happiness
- infrastructure for headquarters as well as plants & offices; expanded quality of life–playgrounds, natural spaces connecting neighborhoods; easy travel, walkability
- partnership between different communities (rural /suburban), people working together, bright, welcome, inviting
- more active riverfront with more shopping, places to bring your dog & family, free entertainment, more things to do
- city where everyone belongs–level playing field, community connected; diverse table of decision makers, community servant orgs all have a seat at the table;
- outlet mall
- senior living in between schools, with hospital and grocery store, transportation to take seniors to grocery store & work
- factory next to high school to create work/learn opportunities in high school
Group 3 Visions
- connecting walking path from Burdette to downtown to Newburgh
- better marina in downtown Evansville
- no stoplights on Lloyd
- connecting South Main to North Main to make it walkable
- great care of veterans (VA turned into retirement center that is attached to tutoring center for kids) – help fund each other and elderly teach/care for kids
- kids: safe, activities. They have food, housing education and church- holistically taken care of
- Copy Audubon Kids Zone in more communities, more participation. HLA-Harrison Leadership Academy for high school juniors and seniors- multply that idea; collective worship and community incorporating different faiths; integrated neighborhoods, how do we integrate lifestyles/neighborhoods, HOLA Fiesta events that feature more cultures, have more conversations within our life
- improving communities- affordable housing, park, community center, school, business, free transportation/options, divestiy in schools, equal opportunites for neighborhoods. Opportunities, activities are diverse. Stores have good fresh food
- new north branch library, Jacobsville library. New Jacobsville shopping connecting all to downtown. High-speed rail between St Louis to Louisville, north to Chicago, south to Nashville. New River City convention center on water (Mulzer crushed stone), Bring Aviation back to Eville- Boening plant. Trails connecting Howell to every golf course. Rails to Trails. More events: water, fish tournaments, live music/ local musicians venues; great gambling-Ellis Park update, Casino/Gambling on Ohio, Golf trail. Athletic: baseball, running, basketball-Youth complexes, girls softball, restaurants; Art galleries to feature local artists (gallery walk)
- Farmers markets, neighborhood markets, eastside, famers, neighborhood markets expand medical university
Group 4 Visions
- clean envioronment
- people playing outside
- happy childern
- sunshine
- cooperation
- people working together to achieve dreams
- people helping people
- mountains mean clean water
- youth more ambitious
- Youth taking initative and being motivated to grow themselves and help others grow
- Community of collaboration
- I want to do it Then Just do it. How do we start
- A community of love, respect, and care
- Expand leadership training, personal development in education on all levels
- Love and respect to reign over everything
- Focusing on access for all youth to get to sports
- buses coming from downtown
- parents in the stands
- community working together to address pollution
- no masks
- there’s so much you can help a child develop by using sports
- safe travel
- assistance for the kids who cannot afford the equipment
- river is the heart of our region
- very clean
- the fish are happy
- no pollution
- friends and neighbor enjoying the green space
- people are smiling and waving because of the sense of community
- air is clean
- trees are green
- there are things to do
- access to food at the farmer’s market
- amp theater for outside events
- thriving downtown
- This is based on the Lorax by Dr Suess. Man built the factory without thinking about the community. Natural cannot speak for itself.
- Boonville is a farm centered place
- Thriving farmer’s market
- Supprt local farmers
- eat more fresh foods
- dog park
- more people living on the square
- people active outside
- outdoor art to the area that makes you smile
- outside art to take pics to promote downtown
- more music and outdoor events
- local musicians to showcase talents
- better mental health access
- Commerce. There isn’t a Walmart.
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