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Community Priority Setting - Results are In!
From April through June, the City co-hosted the Oregon Solutions Team and Oregon’s Kitchen Table, a non-profit alliance to help you share your voice in our decision-making and allow you to contribute your feedback, ideas and resources to improve our community.
The results are in!
Visit https://www.oregonskitchentable.org/results/grant-county-john-day-future-vision to view the results.
A copy of the final report can also be downloaded from their site or in the attachment below.
Oregon Solutions Process
In late 2016, a group of community representatives and advocates met with the Oregon Solutions Team and the Governor's Regional Solutions Team to discuss projects and needs for our area. Among the topics discussed were the need for a new school; a new wastewater treatment plant; improved floodplain mitigation; a new library; a recreation center and indoor pool; job training and workforce development; and improved housing and transportation options. The total cost of these projects easily exceeds $50 million.
During the Spring of 2017, residents had the opportunity to share their ideas, help us prioritize these projects and set new budgeting and regional economic development priorities.
How does it work?
A multi-disciplinary team convened in May 2017 to evaluate the needs and priorities for our area, develop tradeoffs, outline questions and frame an outreach plan for engaging local residents. Oregon's Kitchen Table will then develop both online and print surveys that will be made available for public feedback. The surveys launched in early June and closed after two weeks. Community leaders met both before and after the survey results were analyzed. During the post-survey meeting, community leaders revised and finalized a set of Priority Strategic Initiatives, including more detail on next steps and development of a clear and compelling framing of how these projects will move the community forward.
Schedule of Events (2017)
- May 11 - First meeting of community leaders
- May 19 - Finalize outreach plan
- June 5 - June 16 - Launch survey and collect community feedback
- June 29 - Second meeting of community leaders
- July 17 - Results made available to the public
Program Sponsors
This program was made possible in part by a grant from The Ford Family Foundation. The City of John Day, Grant County, Grant School District 3 and the Blue Mountain Hospital also contributed for the event.
