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Economic Development Commission Minutes July 19, 2016 Page 2 of 4 ----------------------------------------------------------- Dan Frank informed the Commission that the Thriving Communities Initiative (TCI) recruitment process should entail a cross-section of community members of about 25-35 people. Commission discussion ensued as to dates and venues for the informational and training sessions with the goal of task force implementation by early next year. The consensus of the Commission agreed to schedule the sessions as follows. • Informational/Recruitment Meeting- August 11th from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Pequot Lakes City Hall. Lunch will be provided. • Informational/Recruitment Meeting- August 25th from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. at the Pequot Lakes City Hall. Breakfast will be provided. • TCI Training(Session 1)—September 20th from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Cole Memorial Building. Dinner will be provided. • TCI Training (Session 2)—October 13th from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Cole Memorial Building. Dinner will be provided. • Community Input Meeting(Session 3)—November 15th from 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Pequot Lakes School Cafeteria. Each person on the Core Team will send personal invitations to at least ten people to attend this meeting. Dinner will be provided. • Plan Improvement Meeting(Session 4)—November 29th from 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Cole Memorial Building. This Session will entail analysis of the draft priority projects and the top three choices will be selected with the creation of task forces for each. Dinner will be provided. • Task Force Organization and Training(Session 5)—January 24th from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Cole Memorial Building. Dinner will be provided. Commission discussion ensued as to the recruitment process of inviting people to participate in the Initiative. The consensus of the Commission agreed to proceed as follows. • Approximately 60-75 letters will be mailed out by August 1St to potential core team members. The letter will include information on the Initiative, the informational and training session schedules, and definition as to the mission and goal of this process. • Commission members will follow up the letters with phone calls to the potential core team members. • Commissioner Lindholm will notify the Pequot Lakes PTA and ECFE coordinators to obtain names of potential core team members under the age of 40. • Notices will be placed in the Echo Journal newspaper. Chair Jurchen will keep Nancy Vogt informed on an ongoing basis. • Notices will be sent to Sheila Haverkamp at BLAEDC and the Pequot Lakes Chamber for inclusion to their groups.