Preliminary Report from Possible Dreams 2012 - “Bridge to Bridge and Beyond." Team Haverhill will issue a series of reports on the January 30 “Possible Dreams” meeting. A great deal of material—especially from the tabletop worksheets—remains to be collated and summarized. Comments are also continuing to flow in regarding ideas discussed at the tables, and ideas are still percolating in people’s minds. It will also take a few months to see which ideas have “legs”—that is, which proposals are championed by energetic leaders and volunteers, people who prepared to follow through to make something happen in the near term. However, here is our initial report, containing key ideas that the participants offered in the last hour of the meeting, when they reflected on their three rounds of table conversation. The material is organized into five “big messages.” click HERE for our initial report

.....MESSAGE #1: Link up two big Haverhill assets—“culture” and “agriculture.”

.....MESSAGE #2: Create new downtown venues for arts, culture and recreation.

.....MESSAGE #3: Work on “curb appeal”—make this area attractive, clean, unified and connected

.....MESSAGE #4: Make it family-friendly

.....MESSAGE #5: Create a unified marketing plan, communicating a coherent identity for Haverhill’s .....“Bridge to Bridge” area.

Specific participant comments from this final segment of the meeting are listed at the end of the preliminary report. To see a growing list ideas that have been sent to us since the meeting, click HERE.

Temporary Location Change for Regular Team Haverhill Meetings: The February 13 meeting of Team Haverhill will take place at the Haverhill Public Library Auditorium, at 7 pm. March through May meetings will take place at the auditorium of the Merrimack Valley Hospital. Click HERE for location information.

Gala Auction for the Essex Street Gateway Mural Slated for May 19. The mural will go on the wall during the month of May, Watch for news about an exciting series of rollout events in 2012, including the Wizard of Oz gala auction on May 19 at the Roma Restaurant, with live Wizard of Oz “characters” in attendance, courtesy of Spotlight Playhouse.