Carberry focus group to create ‘road map’ for town
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The Town of Carberry is hosting a public meeting tomorrow to collect resident feedback on the future of the community.
Facilitator Cheryl Christian of GovFox Municipal Consulting is hoping to hear from residents at the focus group from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Carberry Community memorial Hall at 224 Second Ave.
“Where do (people) see Carberry five, 10 years from now? What are the things in the community that are working well that we want to make sure continue and the town continues to focus on, areas of improvement and really some future visioning?” Christian said.
An aerial view of Carberry. Tomorrow’s meeting will include a presentation from the consultant and give residents opportunities to answer questions. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)
The meeting is meant for business owners, residents and stakeholders, she said.
“It’s so important, it’s critical to be creating a road map and a plan for the future that you’re wanting to create.”
The results of the focus group and the opinions shared will help form future budget priorities for council and will help town administration as well, Christian said.
The meeting will include a presentation from the consultant and give residents opportunities to answer questions.
Christian will later review the meeting with council and go over the main opinions from the focus group. She will also create a report for the town’s elected officials and administration.
Carberry Mayor Ray Muirhead said the meeting is important as it gives a chance for townspeople to get together and decide what they want for their community.
“What we do is we come up with a bunch of ideas — what do we want, how do we want to get there, so on and so forth — and then we normally, by process of elimination, we just narrow it down to what’s actually achievable,” Muirhead said.
The town had done a similar meeting during council’s previous term, he said, and was then able to determine main priorities, which last time included getting a new daycare built. The daycare, Muirhead said, is now “on the home stretch.”
Muirhead said council members will not be at the meeting, so that residents aren’t influenced when they provide their opinions.
Residents are also being asked to share their thoughts through an online survey if they are unable to attend Saturday’s meeting. A QR code for the survey can be found on the town’s Facebook page.
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