Grangeville, ID

Grangeville’s Leadership Development Action Team is working to “create and make a path and resources for people interested in developing leadership skills within the community”.  Their goals include:

• connecting existing community leaders with people who may be leaders on new community projects
• developing community mentoring/leadership training in the schools by placing volunteer mentors in the schools and offering monthly brown-bag lunch leadership training in the school to include youth as well as other community members

The Leadership Development Action Team’s ultimate goal is to see an increase in community members taking leadership roles. 

Downtown Action Team - 1/14/08, 6:00 PM, Miller Hardward

Farmers Market Action Team - 1/18/08, 12:00 PM, The Gallery

Education Action Team - 1/16/08, 6:30 PM, Soltman Center

Leadership Action Team - 2/4/08, 4:00 PM, Super 8

Business Development Action Team - 2/4/08, 5:30 PM, The Gallery

Recreation Action Team - 1/14/08,  6:30 PM, Oscar’s

Coordination System Action Team - 1/18/08, 9:00 AM, Jahn Studios

Grangeville’s Horizons Steering Committee met on Tuesday, January 8th to talk about priorities for use of funding through the Northwest Area Foundation and the University of Idaho.  Each Action Team submitted a plan for upcoming work and a request for funding to assist with that work.  All funding requests will be considered and a final budget will be set by the Steering Committee at its February meeting.  The Steering Committee identified that completing the application process and becoming an approved non-profit entity is the highest priority but it appears that all requests, with the exception of a contract with the U of I to survey the community about attitudes and beliefs about education, are within the existing amount of funds available.

Education Action Team Work Plan

Downtown Action Team Work Plan

Eight Grangeville residents attended training on December 6th to learn about “Nonprofits that Work.”  The day long training was conducted by Kay Sohl, Executive Director of Technical Assistance for Community Services (TACS), an organization that provides training and consulting resources for non-profit organizations.  Attending from Grangeville were Mark Baker, Paul Eimers, Deanna English, Andrea Solberg, Sally Nolan, Jody Hoogland, Mary Jahn and Hanna Young.  As a result of the training, the Coordination Action Team will start to pursue receipt of 501(c)3 status for a community non-profit (possibly a community foundation) that can provide non-profit status and a coordination mechanism for all work in the community aimed at making Grangeville a thriving community for the future.

action-team-highlights.doc - Click here to read highlights from the work of the Grangeville Horizons Action Teams.

The Grangeville Horizons Steering Committee met on Tuesday, December 11, 2007.  Updates were provided by each Action Team.  There are some amazing things being done and some great ideas in development!

More than 200 enthusiastic and concerned citizens met at the Vision Rally on October 15, 2007 to plan a thriving future for Grangeville.

At the end of the Vision Rally on October 15, 2007, a number of items were identified by the 215 people in attendance as both short-term and long-term actions toward reaching the vision. 

At the Vision Launch attended by 57 people on October 22, 2007, the following action teams were formed with these leaders:

Education Action Team - Co-leaders:  Harold Gott, Katie Eimers

Recreation Action Team - Co-leaders:  Terra Hill, Cathy Wassmuth

Cultural/Community Center Action Team - Co-leaders:  Sharon Hamilton, ?

Downtown Action Team - Co-leaders:  Tommiann Whitten, Mark Willig

Entrepreneurship Action Team - Co-leaders:  Marina Bates, Cody Edwards

Coordination System Action Team - Co-leaders:  Hanna Young, Suzanne Peterson

Leadership Development Action Team - Co-leaders:  Greg Bailey, Heidi Lindsley

If you are interested in participating on any of there Action Teams, information about upcoming meeting times and dates will be posted soon.