Last night I had the pleasure of being a Table Host for the annual Team Haverhill event, Possible Dreams. This was the 4th year the group has put on the event and my third time as a Table Host (facilitator). The idea behind this is like a large Mastermind group, where we all get together to synergize new ideas, and come out with a great vision supported by the community who helped create it.
At the event, guests which included citizens, business owners, elected officials, civic leaders and more were asked a series of questions while seated in a mini-group (facilitated by the table host) and then asked to move randomly to another table to interact with different people and continue the questions and discussions. This style of engagement is known as a World Cafe format.
The theme of the evening was Bridge to Bridge and Beyond and the discussion focused on how we can improve the downtown of Haverhill and its attract-ability towards new residents, visitors and connecting it with other more suburban/rural sections of the town.
Some great ideas came out of the event like bringing a Multi-Museum which housed a Comic, Children’s, Science and Historical museum each on its own floor in one of the historic downtown buildings. Another was creating a cultural and music hall for performance arts and concerts at the current site of the vacant Woolworth building. Yet another great idea was to tie Haverhill’s farming and agricultural community together to play a bigger role focused on the latest trends emerging in that sector.
Overall it was a great night for the city, it’s people and for Team Haverhill. We we’re thankful to be invited and play a small part in it’s success.
To learn more about the event or Team Haverhill visit them by clicking here.
Authored By:
Ron Carpenito– Real Estate Consultant / Owner
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