This will be a community-building, idea-sparking event. By the end, we will have a holistic vision for Germantown where there's a future of abundance, we will have planted the seeds for that future, and we will have some next steps for going in that direction. 

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A FEW NOTES ABOUT THIS EVENT:
Everyone will participate (as they feel comfortable) in co-creating the vision for Germantown. We will go back and forth between small group facilitated discussions of about 5 people each, and then sharing back to the full group. 

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In the small groups, we will do an activity to imagine the year 2030. Each group will come up with 1-2 ideas they will carry forward. Each small group will have a facilitator, note-taker, and speaker. 

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Breakout room topics to choose from are: 
 - Food 
 - Health and medicine 
 - Build / fix / repair
 - Caring for / raising / educating children 
 - Community relationships / spiritual well-being
 

Open-ended questions will leave room for many ideas, but we want to focus this conversation on that which we can create or control at a community level, neighborhood level, block level, or even more intimate than that-- family, household, a small circle of friends. 

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And we want to land on tangible activities-- specific and doable. For example: If we want stronger local food security, we may choose to start a food forest or a canning party club. 

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We also want to keep the energy and tone hopeful. Let's not get stuck on problems, and instead focus our attention on solutions and possibilities that draw us in!