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LiveWell Kingston commissioners set out to clarify 2025 priorities amid capacity and funding concerns
Summary
At a LiveWell Kingston commission meeting, members used a circle-format discussion to identify five priority areas for 2025 — sensemaking, fundraising, measurement/storytelling, governance, and community engagement — and flagged limited staff capacity and city rules on solicitation as constraints to take into account.
Commissioners and staff of the LiveWell Kingston commission used a circle-format meeting to work toward clearer priorities for 2025, stressing the need to match ambition to limited staff capacity and current funding uncertainty.
The conversation focused on five broad areas commissioners said should guide the commission’s work: sensemaking (data, partner mapping and federal policy implications), diversifying funding (beyond currently uncertain federal streams), measurement and storytelling to show impact, governance (roles and responsibilities for commissioners and focus teams), and deeper community engagement.
Meeting organizers ran a timed “circle” so each of the six participants present had a short, structured turn to respond to prompts about 2025 goals, commitments and barriers. Commissioners agreed to continue the conversation by circulating the questions to absent members and collecting emailed responses to broaden participation.
Several commissioners said they want clearer, written…
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