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The YES! House Futures Strategic Planning Project
Cheryl Avenel-Navara: education, Worthington Public Arts Commission chair, SW MN Opportunity council; Justin Beck, chair of Hutchinson Public Arts Commission, president of Hutchinson Center for the Arts, photography, music; Judy Beckman: vocal music, Big Stone Arts Council, Big Stone County Historical Society, Big Stone Lake Area Chamber of Commerce CEO; Cheri Buzzeo: theater, music, The Barn Theatre administration, Willmar Main St participant; Jessica Welu: writing, music, SW Regional Development Commission; Anna Johannsen: fiber artist, art teacher, Remick Gallery board, president of Windom Women's Investment group, treasurer of Cottonwood County Animal Rescue, officer of Cotton Quilters; Georgette Jones: literature teacher, theatre actor/director/teacher; David KelseyBassett: visual artist, musician, Hinterland Art Crawl board; Shawn Kinsinger: theater director, actor, musician, Palace Theatre executive director, Green Earth Players vice president, Luverne Street Music board member, Luverne High School Theater artistic director; Darlene Kotelnicki: theater, city council, library board. Cheryl Avenel Navara: education, Worthington Public Arts Commission chair, SW MN Opportunity Council volunteer; Kylie Rieke: ceramics, murals, music, theater, T-Bird Community Arts Board; Kristine Shelstad: visual arts, Madison Mercantile art gallery, Madison Arts Council, Lac qui Parle Players; VFW; Gillian Singler, MN West Community and Technical College chair of Humanities and English instructor, Creative Healing Space volunteer, writer, theater director; Michele Knife Sterner: theater (actor), SMSU Associate director for Access Opportunity Success program; Erica Volkir: performing arts, Pipestone Performing Arts Center board, Pipestone Area Chamber of Commerce and CVB director; Mark Wilmes: Lake Benton Opera House board president, actor/director, musician, reporter
Morgan Baum, visual art, arts admin; Cheri Buzzeo, theater, SMAC Board; Shawn Kinsinger, theater, SMAC Board; Mark Thode, visual art, arts admin; Erica Volkir, theater, SMAC Board; Kerry Ward, visual art
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Our primary goals for this project are to 1) increase community participation and ownership in the overall vision and operations of a creative Mainstreet building; 2) continue building community confidence in The YES! House; and 3) gather the necessary information to begin developing a comprehensive 5-year planning document for sustainability of operations. We expect that community members will feel included through public engagement activities, and fundraising, overall event attendance, and volunteer support will increase due to more awareness and connection to The YES! House. We will measure success by participation at meetings and during public engagement events, thoughtful feedback received from community members and committee members, informal and formal conversations with committee members, and post-engagement surveys with committee members.
Committee members reported feeling engaged and responsible for the vision of the YES! House. Fundraising, overall event attendance, and volunteer support have increased due to more awareness and connection to The YES! House. DoPT gained valuable feedback
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