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County manager's office to lead Pender County strategic-plan process; staff-led steering committee proposed
Summary
Sarah Fulton of the County Manager's Office outlined a staff-led strategic-plan process to develop mission, vision and priorities for Pender County, proposing a steering committee of department heads, multiple public input points and a goal to complete the plan by year-end without hiring a consultant.
Sarah Fulton, with the County Manager's Office, presented an outline of a Pender County strategic-plan process on Jan. 21, proposing a staff-led approach rather than hiring an outside consultant. "A strategic plan is a deliberate effort to decide what an organization is, what it does, and why it does it," Fulton said as she described the planned steps: forming a steering committee, developing mission/vision/values, conducting a SWOT (strengths/weaknesses/opportunities/threats) analysis, prioritizing up to five strategic goals and then creating implementation…
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