Community Development Impact December 2023

  • In an effort to reach a broader audience for input regarding the future of the Cascade mill pond, dam, park, and Nichols Creek, the Village asked Kevin to create a two-page fact sheet and an online opinion survey as a follow-up to a paper survey that had been filled out by 37 attendees at a recent Open House. An invitation to the online survey, along with a fact sheet describing three alternatives, was mailed to about 300 addresses within the Village. A total of 54 respondents took the survey, and the results clearly confirmed the findings of the previous survey. The Village Board drew heavily on the survey results during a lengthy discussion at its December meeting and ultimately voted in favor of a feasibility study for the top-ranked alternative.
  • The Plymouth Review (circ. 5,984) published in its December 1, 2023 edition an article Kevin wrote summarizing the results of the recent well water testing program he had conducted in the Town of Rhine. In addition to sharing the results, the article encouraged rural well owners to periodically test their water. Contact information was included for the state certified lab at UW-Stevens Point where UW-Extension funds a groundwater specialist position. Kevin has used this lab for all 15 of the testing programs he has conducted since 2011.
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