Introduction to Futures Final Report
In the Spring of 2003, the Hansville Community Center Board of Directors looked at all the change and growth occurring in the Greater Hansville Area (GHA) and decided to sponsor an effort to bring all organizations and neighborhoods North of Eglon/Little Boston Road together to plan for our future rather than just “let it happen”. The Board believed that the Greater Hansville Area is a unique place and that the “spirit” of this wonderful community could only be preserved if we actively take charge of our future in the same way that we have taken charge of our past.
Accordingly, some 24 organizations representing every aspect of the Greater Hansville Area were invited to participate in a “Futures Planning Process”. For 2 ˝ years volunteers from our Community have donated hundreds and hundreds of hours to help prepare a vision of our Preferred Future and a specific list of Action Items that are necessary to make that vision become reality.
We’ve completed the most comprehensive survey of the area ever conducted in order to assess those things we all value the most about living here. We’ve completed a written profile of the GHA (over 200 pages and thirteen chapters) that describes virtually every aspect life and history of the Greater Hansville Area as well as the trends that will affect us in the future.
With this information, a Planning Committee representing more than 20 organizations in the Greater Hansville Area has spent the last 9 months going to school about our area; its history, it current direction, what is important to us and what we’d really like the future to look like. In keeping with the GHA’s tradition of action, the Planning Committee did not stop at a vision statement that would then sit on a shelf. Rather, the Committee compared the Likely future with the one we’d prefer and identified a list of Action Items that are necessary for us to tackle if we are to realize our dreams.
This document is the Final Report of the Planning Phase of the Greater Hansville Futures Project. It contains both the Likely and Preferred Futures that were created by the Planning Committee. It also contains the Community Values adopted by the Committee, based on the survey of the GHA in 2004/2005. Finally, the 8 highest priority Action Items necessary to make our Preferred Future happen are included.
What happens next? Teams of volunteers will be organized to implement each of the Action Items identified by the Planning Committee. Some of them will be permanent standing committees and others will last only long enough to finish the specific Action Item. When they are done, other teams can be assembled to work on items that didn’t make the initial list.
What will be the result? It may not be everything that is outlined in the Committee’s Future. But the future of the Greater Hansville Area is guaranteed to be more to our liking as a result of these combined efforts. Together we can make our own future in the best tradition of the Greater Hansville Area. As Neal Kellner, Planning Committee member from Shorewoods wrote after the last planning meeting, “The great reward is getting to live in the outcomes of our deeds.”
We want to offer special thanks go to the following organizations and individuals for financially supporting the Greater Hansville Futures Project: the Hansville Community Center Board, Commissioner Chris Endresen, Kitsap County, Pt No Pt View Estates, Flotsam and Jetsam Garden Club.
We are pleased to present this Final Report of the Planning Phase of the Greater Hansville Futures Project. For more information, including full copy of the GHA Profile document, please refer to www.hansville.org.
Sincerely,
Planning Committee
Steering Committee
If you have questions, please contact the Futures Committee HERE.