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Thornton begins strategic planning retreat, facilitators and council zero in on community connection, stewardship and innovation
Summary
Facilitators from EverStride Solutions led a kickoff for the City of Thornton council’s strategic planning retreat, guiding council members and staff through values selection and early target themes including community connection, stewardship, trust and innovation.
Facilitators Lauren Palmer and Meredith Health of EverStride Solutions opened the City of Thornton strategic planning retreat by asking council members and senior staff to articulate why they serve and to surface shared values the council could use to guide decisions.
The exercise aimed to ground the retreat in “what drives all of you,” Lauren Palmer said, and to use that starting point to define success measures and priorities for the next five years. Meredith Health later summarized recurring themes from the group as “community connection,” “growth and revitalization,” “leadership and…
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