Quick links to information below:
Community Strategic Plan
Vision Statement
Focus Area Teams
Getting Involved!
Community Comments
Endorsements
Members of
the Taskforce
In The News
Introduction to Vision 20/20
The Vision 20/20 Fact Sheet
will explain:
1. What is Community Visioning?
2. How Does Community visioning Work?
3. Who is Sponsoring Vision 20/20?
4. What Are the Benefits of Visioning?
5. How Can I Get Involved?
Community Strategic Plan
The
Community Strategic Plan for
Vision 20/20 has been adopted by Cowley First. The work of many volunteers
and task force members has gone into the next step of developing this plan for
the vision for all of Cowley County. Here, you can read and review all the goals
with objectives and action plans. If you have any comments or would
like to become a volunteer, please let us know.
(November 2007)
Select a focus area for specific strategies and objectives:
People
Economy
Place
Health
Culture
Vision
Statement
Our Shared Vision: Cowley County
in 2020 has been developed to show what citizens plan for Cowley County to
look and feel like in the year 2020. Here, you can review the
statement and give us your feedback.
Focus Area Teams
Work has now started in the five areas of the Community Plan with their
Focus Teams. Each Team is building up the people and partners that will be
putting together the steps to achieving the strategies. Each of the Teams is
being lead by Team Captains. These Captains, along with their dedicated
volunteers, are key to successful implementation of the strategies. Here are
the Captains:
Culture-
Connie Kimsey & Sarah Werner- Cowley County Tourism Alliance
Economy-
Leroy Alsup- Cowley First
Health- David Brazil-
City- County HealthDepartment
People- Mike
Morton, Udall
Place- Sid Regnier,
Arkansas City
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Getting Involved!
Let us know of any meetings that fit
in with the strategies of Vision 20/20.
If you have an interest in
participating with one of the areas, here are the upcoming meetings:
Health
Low Cost Clinics-
Drug Use Concerns-
Clean Air Cowley County-
If you have questions, please contact Jennifer Love at 221-1430or
email:
cleanaircowleycounty@yahoo.com
Winfield Approves Smoking Ban
People
If you are interested in participating on the People team, contact
Mike Morton.
Young Professionals (YP)- A new organization for young
professionals (roughly between ages of 20 - 40) are invited and encouraged to
participate in events to promote community involvement and to welcome new YPs to
Cowley County. For information and to get involved, contact Sarah Werner or
Stephannie Delong at the Winfield Area Chamber at 620-221-2420.
Events:
November 13 - Food Drive and gift Basket Giveaway - 5:30 pm at the Chamber
office
December 15 - Pack food boxes - 2:00 at the Ag building in Arkansas City with
dinner at 6:00
Childcare Committee- If you have questions, please
contact Bridget McGuire 229-6400
Culture
Railroad Festival committee- Next meeting: January 10th, 11:00
am,
Cherokee Strip Museum
Dear Railroad Enthusiasts,
The summer is just about over and it’s time to start thinking about next year’s
Railroad Heritage Days Festival. Heather and I have discussed some ideas for the
event and would like to share them with the rest of the Committee -. Contact Connie Kimsey
with the
Arkansas
City
Convention & Visitors Bureau at 221-0230.
Additional information-
January 7th
meeting notes
February 2 meeting
notes
March 1st Meeting notes
Cowley County
Railroad Heritage Days -
Cowley County Tourism Alliance-
Next meeting- Tuesday,
January 13, noon, place TBA- The members of the CCTA invite you to learn how tourism can benefit you and your
business. They will discuss different aspects of tourism and how we can
collaborate to promote tourism in our county. If you have any questions,
please contact the Arkansas City CVB 442-0230 or Winfield Convention and Tourism
221-2421.
Additional information-
Notes
from January 15th meeting
February 2008
Newsletter
March 2008
Newsletter
May 2008
Newsletter
June 2008
Newsletter
Place
Northern Flyer Alliance-
The
Alliance is a consortium of individuals who desire to see Passenger Rail
expansion in Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas.
PUBLIC STATUS MEETING
–UPDATE–PASSENGER
RAIL EXPANSION
NFA Newsletter
Economy
Cowley First meets the 3rd Thursday of each month, 8:30 am,
at the Cowley Workforce Center, Strother Field
Comments
We welcome volunteers, responses, and input. Submit your comments here about the
Community Plan, Focus Teams, or Vision. You can add your name to the list of volunteers
to complete the focus area strategies.
If you are part of an organization or
business that
would like to endorse the Community Plan and become vision partner, please let us
know. We would be happy to attend your meeting and provide details.
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The Cowley County Community Plan
The strategy statements for the Cowley County
Community Plan have been adopted by the Cowley First Advisory
Committee. In this first step of identifying strategy statements, for purposes of organizing resources and initiating action for
the future, our five year plan is organized around five broad community
interests: People, Economy, Place, Health and Culture.
Strategies in each area are preceded by ideas and concerns we heard from
the community. Many strategies in these five areas are closely interrelated, and
their implementation will require extensive collaborative action. (May 2006)
As sponsors of 20/20 Community
Visioning, members of Cowley First have listened to the community. The
themes our community widely agrees upon have become the main points of our plan.
Many of the community’s ideas about how we can achieve our dreams are
reflected in the plan’s detail. More
ideas will surely be discovered along the way.
The members of the Vision 20/20 Task
Force have been privileged to work on this document. We sense that history is
being made, and we hope that our purposeful attempts to include many voices in
the planning will lead to many voices being part of the activity to come.
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Endorsements for the Cowley County Community Plan
The community organizations/boards have endorsed the Community
Plan:
Arkansas City Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Arkansas City Commission
City of Winfield
Cowley County Commission
Cowley County Mental Health
Legacy Foundation
Winfield Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Winfield Non-Profit Council
Winfield Main Street
Winfield Rotary Club
Members of the Vision 20/20 Taskforce
Who are the volunteers from around Cowley County that are assisting with this
process?
Vision 20/20 Taskforce
Members
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In the news!
Watch for additional updates in our press releases to local media.
Vision 20/20 Summit in
October (9/3/07)
Where does your passion fit in the Vision 20/20 plan?
(6/27/07)
County sets policy for wind farms (6/26/07)
Juneteenth more than hot dogs and cotton candy
(6/22/07)
Strategic Plan
Unveiled
Roadmap for
improvement
Group
Unveils Plan
Cowley County Visioning Process Begins
Letter to the Editor
Focus
Groups Have Begun
Vision
20/20 focus groups in full swing - photo
Local Group Wants
Input on Economic Development
Vision 20/20
Summary Available Online
Meeting, pancake
feed set this morning
Demographics playing
large part in county's Vision 20/20
Visioning
Group Releases Focus Group Survey
The
Survey says . . .
Cowley
First Survey Results
Survey
stats show a contrast between Winfield, AC
Ark City
Headed in the Right Direction- Despite Brutal Facts
Local
Firms Plan to Expand
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