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Kalkaska County launches strategic planning process with WestErie; public workshops set
Summary
Kalkaska County on Feb. 24, 2025, began a strategic planning process with consultant WestErie; the county set two follow-up workshops (March 17 and April 21) and will circulate a community survey for broader input.
Kalkaska County Chair Kohn Fisher opened a special meeting on Feb. 24, 2025, to begin a countywide strategic planning process and introduced WestErie as the consultant the board approved to lead the effort. County Administrator David Schaeffer told attendees that two additional strategic-planning workshops are scheduled for 2025-03-17 and 2025-04-21 and that a link for a community survey will be provided to solicit resident input.
Todd Dickerson, the WestErie representative, outlined the firm's approach: internal operations review, community engagement and survey work, a SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) analysis, visioning, goal-setting and an implementation timetable. "Goals included development, job creation, prosperity and population growth," Dickerson said. He said WestErie will conduct pre-planning workshops, Board of Commissioners workshops, public engagements and department-head interviews as part of the process.
The consultant asked attendees to prioritize items at the meeting using colored sticker dots; he said he will compile and report the results at the next meeting. The next procedural steps the board set are the March 17 and April 21 workshops and distribution of the community survey to gather broader public input before the next BOC workshop.
