Miranda Fisher, Deputy Town Administrator/Town Clerk and Peter Cacek, Administrative Assistant. Town of Nederland. In 2010, the Town of Nederland adopted Vision 2020, a planning document where through community feedback, Nederland identified goals for the Town of accomplish over a decade (2010 – 2020). As we head into the next decade, the Town is seeking to develop the Vision 2030 Action Plan. 

Throughout the month of April 2021, the Town will seek feedback from the community on the vision statement, goals, and objectives that have been identified by the Envision 2030 Advisory Committee. There are multiple ways for the public to be included! 

In-Person and Virtual Public Charrettes

We encourage anyone that wishes to participate in shaping the future of Nederland to attend any charrettes that they so desire. In these charrettes, the vision, goals, and objectives of each subcommittee will be available for people to provide feedback, either verbally or through written comments.

For In-Person Charettes: Posters with the vision, goals, and objectives will be set up throughout the multi-purpose room at the Community Center for people to view, and provide either verbal or written feedback.

For Virtual Charettes: Attendees will be able to participate in a virtual gathering via Webex, where they can enter different rooms and interact with members of each separate subcommittee. Here, attendees will be able to ask questions and provide feedback.

Subcommittee-Specific Outreach Meetings

In addition to the charrettes, each subcommittee will have a virtual meeting so they can meet with the public to answer questions, acquire feedback, and go into more detail about the individual goals and objective for their subcommittee’s focus. The subcommittees – along with the respective visions – are:

Arts, Culture & Education-  Celebrate our community’s creativity and natural and cultural resources while empowering lifelong learning.

Community Engagement- Community engagement fosters trust and encourages participation; is inclusive, interactive and results in innovative partnerships.

Environmental Sustainability- Nederland is a model community for environmental sustainability. Our community is knowledgeable about how our everyday decisions impact the earth. We take action to mitigate adverse effects of climate change. We are dedicated to conserve, preserve, protect and restore our environment to foster a sustainable future that leads to social and economic improvements in our community.

Health, Human & Social Services- In 2030, all Peak-to-Peak community residents have accessible and affordable healthcare and human services.

Housing - Housing meets the social, economic, and environmental needs of the community.

Municipal Government - Nederland’s government uses all the tools at its disposal to provide progressive and exemplary leadership and administration through transparency, creativity, dedication, and our responsiveness to the needs and goals of the entire community.

Economic Development- Nederland thrives with a healthy, diversified, long-term-sustainable economy that prioritizes the needs of its citizens, while protecting and leveraging its precious natural setting.

Parks, Recreation & Open Space- Our community and its visitors enjoy ecologically sound and well-maintained parks, open space and trails with recreational and cultural services and facilities while protecting and enhancing the unique mountain ecosystem of which we are a part.

An RSVP is REQUIRED for all Public Outreach Events. Please only RSVP to the meetings you wish to attend. To RSVP, please visit the Town website at https://nederlandco.org/envision-2030/

YouTube 

A narrated PowerPoint presentation will be uploaded on YouTube. People can watch the presentation there and provide feedback in the comments section. 

Town Website 

The YouTube video will be uploaded onto the website and there is a fillable form available where people can provide feedback. 

Town Hall 

Town Hall has a binder available at the office where people can review the vision, goals and objectives and provide feedback. People can stop by Monday – Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Advisory Board & Commission Meetings 

The Town will be looking for feedback from the board members of the Town advisory boards and commissions. Public comment will also be permitted during these meetings. 

Gather.Town

Gather.Town is an online social site where users can create an avatar and interact with others in a virtual space. We’ve created our own Gather.Town for the residents to access information about Envision 2030. This space will work similarly to the public charettes, where each focus will have its own space explaining its goals and objectives. Users will be able to access this at any point in time, and can leave feedback directly in gather.town! If you would like to check it out, go to https://gather.town/i/wPwAEbPu to get started!

Please visit the Town of Nederland website for more information regarding the ways that you can provide feedback, including the dates, times and meeting access information.

Have questions? Please contact Town Hall at 303-258-3266

(Originally published in the April 8, 2021, edition of The Mountain-Ear.)