WHO: Wicomico County Executive Rick Pollitt and members of the Wicomico County Vision Action Team: Stakeholders from Business, Academia, Local Government and Non-Government Organizations.
WHAT: Announcement from County Executive Pollitt on progress from a year-long initiative that brought community leaders together to develop on-going strategies and action items to serve as a comprehensive vision for Wicomico County.
WHERE: Salisbury Area Chamber of Commerce 144 East Main Street Salisbury, MD 21801
(Perdue Room)
WHEN: Thursday, October 16, 2014, 3:00pm
Directly following County Executive Pollitt’s remarks, members of the Vision Action Team will present updates on progress made as a result of sub-group initiatives under City/County Synergy, Education, Economic Development, Transportation, Watershed Improvement, Agriculture and Healthy Communities.
Background
In May 2013, as an outgrowth of recent, successful business and economic development initiatives at both the local and state-level, Wicomico County Executive Rick Pollitt, convened a group of community decision-makers tasked with developing specific, and measurable tactics to realize the vision of a prosperous future for the greater community.
Utilizing strategic recommendations from the Sage Policy Group Fiscal Sustainability Study, and the Tri-County Council’s Visioning Report, stakeholders from business, academia, local government and non-governmental organizations, ignited a series of roundtables to identify priorities and explore opportunities for better coordination and collaboration. BEACON, The Business Economic and Community Outreach Network at Salisbury University served as the technical advisor over the visioning process.
Sub-sets within the group were formed to focus explicitly on the needs, challenges and action items necessary to promote the evolution of City/County Synergy through the coordination of services, Economic Development, Education, Transportation, Watershed Improvements, Agriculture and Healthy Communities.
The group will continue to meet regularly to report on progress made on designated goals and objectives identified in the Wicomico County Visioning Report.
