Young and old gather for Visioning meeting

Young and old gather for Visioning meeting

Considering the plan for Topeka being developed by Heartland Visioning will be implemented over the next 20 years, it shouldn’t be surprising an emphasis is being placed on getting young people involved.

At the first of three community meetings this week, 222 people attended the three-hour exercise.

William Beteta, Heartland Visioning executive director, Monday night said he was pleased with the turnout and issued a challenge for even larger numbers of participants at similar meetings tonight at Seaman High School and Thursday night at Highland Park High School.

After an introduction to the process by Henry Luke, the consultant who has successfully led similar visioning exercises all over the country, participants were divided into 10 breakout groups. Nine-year-old Tom Teeter, a student at Williams Magnet School, was recognized as the youngest participant, and Linda Ramirez-Gonzalez, facilitator of group No. 7, said he really did participate in the discussion.

Ryan Brokke, a sophomore at Washburn Rural High School, said he had been talking up the process to his friends and was disappointed that some said they had no interest in participating. But he was an active member of the discussion in group No. 8.

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