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Liberty Hill EDC hires consultant, schedules stakeholder interviews and retreat to craft new strategic plan
Summary
Consultant Laurie Vincent outlined a strategic-plan kickoff for the Liberty Hill EDC, saying research is underway, stakeholder interviews start next week and a board retreat is planned for late September–early October to produce a draft by November and a final plan by December.
Laurie Vincent, a consultant with Acceleration by Design, told the Liberty Hill Economic Development Corporation on Aug. 20 that research and benchmarking for a new strategic plan are already underway and that stakeholder interviews will begin next week. "Research and benchmarking has already begun," Vincent said, and she described a schedule of multiple interview days to accommodate stakeholders.
Vincent said the interviews will be largely in person and confidential, with a mixture of multiple-choice and open-ended questions designed to produce aggregate priorities for the board retreat. "All the interviews are gonna be confidential," she told the board, adding that most interviews take 20–30 minutes but are scheduled 45 minutes apart to allow flexibility.
The consultant asked the board to set aside a 3–3.5 hour workshop-style retreat — preferably offsite and framed as a non-action workshop — to synthesize interview findings, prioritize capital uses and set strategic direction. Vincent proposed a retreat window of Sept. 30–Oct. 6 and said staff and board availability will determine the final date.
Vincent outlined a deliverables timeline: stakeholder interviews, an offsite board retreat, draft plan in late October or November and a goal to finalize the plan in December so the EDC can enter 2026 with an endorsed strategic plan. She said the interview instrument will include four structured questions that can be aggregated and two open-ended questions for qualitative feedback.
Director-level staff and board members asked logistical questions about interview timing and location; Vincent said she will accommodate schedules and can do Zoom only when necessary but prefers in-person interviews because they yielded better input in her previous experience. Staff offered to assist with outreach to stakeholders if any board members had difficulty making contact.
The board did not take action on the plan at the meeting; Vincent characterized the retreat as a workshop (no action) and asked the board to confirm available dates so staff can finalize scheduling.
