ValpoNEXT: A Short History and Where We Are Headed with Thais Carter

ValpoNEXT Coordinator Kathy Sipple speaks with Thais Carter, Board Secretary and Community Board Leader for Sense of Place. 

Download a copy of the ValpoNEXT Vision Plan here.

History:

• 2013: City of Valparaiso launches ValpoNEXT Vision Planning process, working with PlanningNEXT as its consulting partner. Elizabeth Lynn and Matt Evans co-chair Citizen Steering Committee.

• December 2014: Valparaiso's City Council unanimously adopts ValpoNEXT's Vision Plan.

• January 2015: Evans and Lynn co-chair Implementation Task Force.

• January 2016: Interim Oversight Committee to steward organizational start-up. City invites Garner Tullis to serve as Interim Coordinator.

• January 2017: Organization launches with a new board.

• November 2017: Kathy Sipple appointed Coordinator.

Community Boards:

• Economic Vitality

• Equity and Inclusion

• Nurturing Our Young People

• Sense of Place