In January,
Vision 2015 launched its
myNKY initiative to garner public input.
MyNKY asked in a variety of ways, from a physical “I want myNKY to be…” wall to an online game, what the public wants to see in Northern Kentucky.
Before its end in June, the six-month public input campaign garnered 11,000 different pieces of feedback from residents.
Results from the myNKY investment game showed that residents want to see a
focus on early childhood development and high school graduation rates, as well as bringing industry to the region and adding jobs. And the myNKY wall revealed that residents want NKY to be awesome, tolerant, family-friendly, heroine-free, green and sustainable.
The myNKY leadership team is currently helping to determine a process that will lead to the community’s vision. It established nine working groups and brought together experts in each field: jobs, education, housing, sustainability, diversity/inclusion, health, government and arts/culture/tourism. They’re working this summer on recommendations for consideration in the fall.
“The leadership team is looking at what areas have links, overlaps, synergies and commonalities, and are trying to craft all of the data into a bold, compelling and distinct plan for the future,” says Kara Williams, vice president of Vision 2015.
In the beginning, myNKY’s goal was a five-year plan, but Williams says that the new plan will be much longer term than that, with intermediary milestones along the way.
And although the campaign ended, that doesn’t mean public input has to stop.
“We’re not closing the door on ideas in any way,” Williams says. “We’re still encouraging the public to send us ideas. There’s no idea too large or too small.”
To see data from the six-month campaign, visit
myNKY’s website, and feel free to submit ideas of your own.
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