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WORKSHOP PRESENTATION AND NOTES

Thank you to all who took the time to attend one of our workshops.  Your comments , individually and collectively, were tremendously useful and have provided us with feedback that will be the basis for many of the strategic plan's recommendations.  You provided many insights and thoughtful consideration of the issues we presented to you.  Below we summarize workshop attendance and provide links to the workshop presentation, notes, and findings.

Workshop Attendance

A total of 225 people attended the six workshops  The organizational affiliations for those who attended were:


Workshop Presentation


View the Workshop Presentation, including the narrative, provided at the six workshops held around the state in January. Viewing this presentation works best in Internet Explorer on your computer. View the narrative (notes) by resizing the bottom frame of the graphic upward.

Workshop Notes

Notes taken for each of the workshops are also available (MS Word rich text (rtf) format) through the links below:
These notes often include references to the individual who made a specific comment.  If you think what you said has been mis-repreented in these notes or if you have additional comments that you would like to add on any aspect of this planning process, please send your comments to Neil MacGaffey at MassGIS (neil.macgaffey@state.ma.us).  Thank you.
 
Notes for Pittsfield, January 9
Notes for West Springfield, January 11
Notes for Lawrence, January 16
Notes for Auburn, January 17
Notes for Wareham, January 23
Notes for Boston, January 24

Workshop Findings, Questions, and Preliminary Recommendations

We heard many, many comments and observations from those who attended the workshops.  From those comments and observations, we have distilled workshop findings.  We also came away with some questions and a list of preliminary recommendations.  A document containing these findings, questions, and preliminary recommendations is available for download below.

Workshop Summary Document (rich text format).



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