Chief
06-07-2008, 05:50 PM
Remember that survey we helped promote a few months ago for Leadership Clark County?? A lot of people took that survey via Clarkblog.org, and the results are out, but some of the same folks that did that survey have stood up a new information portal in Clark County. It is hotlinked at the very top here at Clarkblog, and I expect to use it often.
mrgrn
www.myClarkInfo.org
VANCOUVER, Wash. – A new online portal has made its way to Clark County (Wash.) – one that allows users to quickly and easily find essentially any information they might need about public agencies in Clark County.
While the site is starting simple, its future is bright.
Completing the website was part of a team project done by Team Government from the 2008 class of Leadership Clark County (LCC). The group has plans to build on the site by creating a non-profit agency that will seek to keep the website current, and grow it into a highly-visible tool for civics education in the county. Included among the plans for myClarkInfo.org is the development of a wiki-style site that would allow for moderated addition and editing of content by users.
“We’re very excited about this website, and the bright future that it has,” said Nelson Holmberg, who served as the team’s project chair throughout the 10-month LCC program. “In interviews with community leaders last fall, we learned that there was a big need for something like myClarkInfo.org in this community.”
The team is made up of: Cheryl Bledsoe (Clark Regional Emergency Services Agency), Katie Foehl (Clark County Skills Center Foundation), Holmberg (Port of Vancouver), Chris Kesting (Hewlett Packard), Anne MacEnerny-Ogle (retired educator and community advocate), and Paul Montague (Greater Vancouver Chamber of Commerce). Troy Van Dinter of The Management Group, and a city councilman in La Center, was the group’s alumni mentor.
Plans for the myClarkInfo.org non-profit also include making recommendations to local agencies and groups that seek higher rates of public participation and assistance in implementing new programs for involving the public. Recommendations were based on a team study also available on the website.
“We’re proud of what we’ve started and look forward to a great future,” Holmberg said.
Team Government, which went both by that name and Public Engagement in Government (PEG), during the LCC program, also completed an in-depth research paper that provided the basis for the team’s recommendations for increased public engagement.
Design and development of the website was handled by JS Webworks of Vancouver, while the members of Team Government compiled all of the research and content.
Next steps for the project, which will go on after the completion of this year’s class of Leadership Clark County, include naming a board of directors to handle the legal organization of the non-profit and begin a search for sustainable funding that will help make the website a powerful tool for civics education and participation coaching opportunities in Clark County that both citizens and agencies will turn to first in their search for more information, and strategies to increase civic engagement.
www.myClarkInfo.org
mrgrn
www.myClarkInfo.org
VANCOUVER, Wash. – A new online portal has made its way to Clark County (Wash.) – one that allows users to quickly and easily find essentially any information they might need about public agencies in Clark County.
While the site is starting simple, its future is bright.
Completing the website was part of a team project done by Team Government from the 2008 class of Leadership Clark County (LCC). The group has plans to build on the site by creating a non-profit agency that will seek to keep the website current, and grow it into a highly-visible tool for civics education in the county. Included among the plans for myClarkInfo.org is the development of a wiki-style site that would allow for moderated addition and editing of content by users.
“We’re very excited about this website, and the bright future that it has,” said Nelson Holmberg, who served as the team’s project chair throughout the 10-month LCC program. “In interviews with community leaders last fall, we learned that there was a big need for something like myClarkInfo.org in this community.”
The team is made up of: Cheryl Bledsoe (Clark Regional Emergency Services Agency), Katie Foehl (Clark County Skills Center Foundation), Holmberg (Port of Vancouver), Chris Kesting (Hewlett Packard), Anne MacEnerny-Ogle (retired educator and community advocate), and Paul Montague (Greater Vancouver Chamber of Commerce). Troy Van Dinter of The Management Group, and a city councilman in La Center, was the group’s alumni mentor.
Plans for the myClarkInfo.org non-profit also include making recommendations to local agencies and groups that seek higher rates of public participation and assistance in implementing new programs for involving the public. Recommendations were based on a team study also available on the website.
“We’re proud of what we’ve started and look forward to a great future,” Holmberg said.
Team Government, which went both by that name and Public Engagement in Government (PEG), during the LCC program, also completed an in-depth research paper that provided the basis for the team’s recommendations for increased public engagement.
Design and development of the website was handled by JS Webworks of Vancouver, while the members of Team Government compiled all of the research and content.
Next steps for the project, which will go on after the completion of this year’s class of Leadership Clark County, include naming a board of directors to handle the legal organization of the non-profit and begin a search for sustainable funding that will help make the website a powerful tool for civics education and participation coaching opportunities in Clark County that both citizens and agencies will turn to first in their search for more information, and strategies to increase civic engagement.
www.myClarkInfo.org