" Clatsop County Vision 2030 Together" Community Workshops Start This Week

The  Clatsop County project:  “Clatsop Vision 2030 Together” is holding public workshops this week, with more coming next month.  The county is asking for citizen  input into long range planning in a variety of community concerns. 
The vision and goals developed through these conversations will be used to guide the policies, plans, decisions and actions of Clatsop County, as well as be available to inform the decisions and actions of the county’s cities and unincorporated communities, local businesses, civic organizations, and community groups. While workshops will be open to all comments and ideas, each event will emphasize one or more focus areas developed during the initial phase of the Vision 2030 project – areas ranging from jobs to education to arts and culture. Comments and ideas specific to each community will also be welcome.
This week’s schedule begins tonight in Cannon Beach, with a meeting focusing on the areas of Arts, Culture & History; Health, Safety & Resilience.  The meeting will be held tonight (Wednesday, April 23) from  6-8:30 p.m., at the Community Hall, 207 N. Spruce Street.  Tomorrow night (Thursday, April 24th) a session will be held in Jewell, focusing on the areas of Health, Safety & Resilience; Education & Learning.  Thursday night’s meeting will be held from  6-8:30 p.m., at Jewell School, 83874 Highway 103

Next Month’s meetings will be held in:
Arch Cape May 16, 6-8:30 p.m., Arch Cape Fire Station, 79729 Highway 101 Focus areas: Environment, Natural Resources & Recreation; Community Development & Planning Astoria May 15, 6-8:30 p.m., Clatsop Community College, Columbia Room 219, 1651 Lexington Ave. Focus areas: Arts, Culture & History; Community Development & Planning Knappa/Brownsmead Date and time to be determined Westport May 24, 2-4:30 p.m., Westport Community Church, 49246 Highway 30 Focus areas: Economy & Jobs; Environment, Natural Resources & Recreation Seaside/Gearhart May 24, 9:30 a.m.-noon, Bob Chisholm Community Center, 1225 Ave. A, Seaside Focus areas: Economy & Jobs; Education & Learning

Clatsop Vision 2030 Together began earlier this year with research as well as one-on-one interviews and small-group discussions with local stakeholders and other participants to identify the key focus areas and help guide planning for the outreach process to follow. The community engagement portion includes the seven workshops, which are designed to share data collected in the fact-finding stage and to gather citizen input. More information is available on the Vision 2030 website, which can be reached at www.co.clatsop.or.us.