The Environmental Protection Agency is inviting members of the community to draw their visions of what Hogans Creek, Deer Creek (Eastside) and McCoys Creek should look like in the future. This is what the creeks look like much of the time.
The “Vision-to-Action” process is designed to inspire community members to:
- visualize what they value about the place they live and/or visualize how they’d like their community to change
- translate their visualizations into the actions needed to bring their visions into reality
The process utilizes artist/facilitators to help bring participant’s visualizations to life and to help people get in touch with features that make communities unique and livable. This interactive process encourages the participants to think visually about all ways – Social, Economic and Environmental – their community can be enhanced.
Once the visioning process is complete, the community has a document that details the steps needed for implementation, a visual plan, identification of the key players who can help with implementation and funding.
This is a unique opportunity for you to have a say in the future of Hogans, Deer and McCoys creek. Architects, artists, land planners and community members should all be present to build the future of these. Here are the details of the meetings:
Hogans Creek
Monday, 19 June, 2006
Open House 5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Community Vision Drawings 6:30 – 9:00 p.m.
Location: Springfield Woman’s Club 210 W 7th St
Tuesday, 20 June 2006, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00
Visioning: Summary, Integration & Strategy Discussion
Location: SPAR Council, 1321 N. Main St.
McCoys Creek
Tuesday, 20 June, 2006
Open House 5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Community Vision Drawings 6:30 – 9:00 p.m.
Location: City Rescue Mission
426 South Mc Duff Ave.
Wednesday, 21 June 2006, 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Visioning Summary, Integration & Strategy Discussion
Location: City Rescue Mission
426 South Mc Duff Ave.
Deer Creek
Saturday, 24 June, 2006
Open House 8:30 – 9:00 a.m.
Community Vision Drawings: 9:00 a.m. – Noon.
Break: Noon – 1:00 p.m.
Integration and Strategy Discussion: 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Location: Jacksonville Children’s Commission,
1095 A. Philip Randolph Blvd.
