Troy, ID

Co-Leader, Shishona Thurston, shishonathurston@hotmail.com

This group would like to address the current water shortage issue by focusing on conservation. The first step in this process is to collect information on the history of this issue. At the first meeting, City Council Member Mike Dimmik will be providing an overview on what the City has been doing to address this problem. Other information on conservation will also be presented. This meeting will take place on Monday, October 19th from 7:00-8:30 at City Hall.

Co-Leader, Nancy Hampel, nancmh@yahoo.com

The Entrepreneurship team will be exploring a variety of possibilities such as supporting existing business owners, encouraging entrepreneurial development, developing a small business investment club, and taking part in a cultural heritage tourism project. One other possibility that has been mentioned is the development of a community garden. We have identified a possible partner for this project, but we’d like to determine if there is enough community interest to move forward so we’d like to hear from you about this issue as well. Then next meeting for this group will be on Wednesday, November 14th from 6:30-7:30 pm at City Hall.

Co-Leader, Julie Redford, rjred@elkrivertv.net

This team will be focusing on improving community communication in general, but will also focus on the creation of a community center. Currently the team is working with some design students from the University of Idaho to develop a proposal that fits the unique needs of the Troy community. The group is interested in learning how members of the community feel about this issue. Do you support the idea? What would you like to see in terms of how the building would be designed and what it would be used for? Please be sure to share your ideas. The next meeting for this group will be on Tuesday, November 13th from 6:30-7:30 at City Hall.

You may be asking yourself, “What is a blog and why should I care about using it?” That’s an excellent question and I also have a really good answer. A blog is a fun, interactive way for groups of people to share information, ideas, and questions. This can be done using text, photographs, music, sound clips, and video clips.

In this case, the group of people will be all people who live in Troy. The information shared could be announcements about upcoming events, stories about the community, exciting news, or anything else that might be interesting to others. Even better, anyone who visits the blog can make comments and post information.

This blog is an exciting opportunity to address our communitie’s goal for improving community connectedness and have fun at the same time. If you’re not sure what to do with this blog, don’t fret. Community blog training will be offered free of charge in the near future! In the mean time, take a look around and try it out. Don’t worry about making a mistake — you can’t break anything.

If you missed the Troy Horizon’s Visioning Rally, you missed the wonderful pictures that Troy Elementary School students created for the “My Dreams and Wishes for Troy” Coloring Showcase. Luckily, you will still have the opportunity to view the many creative and inspiring ideas young people shared through their artwork. Pictures will go on display beginning October 1, 2007 at the Troy Library. Don’t miss this opportunity to get a glimpse at what some of our youngest citizens’ would like to see in Troy’s future.

At the Troy Horizons visioning rally, which was held on September 18, 2007, residents of Troy were successful at creating a long term vision of what they would like Troy to be like in the future. More than 80 people showed up to participate in the event which was designed to help citizens create a vision statement for Troy’s future and identify action items that will allow residents to work together toward this vision. The resulting vision statement is available for viewing by clicking Vision Statement link to the right.

Following the rally, interested citizens met again to form Action Teams which will work toward the action items that have been identified. You are invited to become involved by joining one of the Action Teams that has been created. The three Action Teams which were formed will work on developing: 1.) Community Connectedness, 2.) Entrepreneurship, and 3.) solutions for Troy’s water shortage.

Troy Horizons would like to involve as many community members as possible in this process. This is your opportunity to have a say about what you would like to see happen in your community. Your input and contributions are a valuable asset and are much needed. If you have questions about this event or you are interested in attending please contact us at 835-4088.