Think-Tank

The Think-Tank report summarizes the findings from this intensive all-day planning workshop.

The five-hour Envision East Central Iowa scenario-based Think-Tank was conducted virtually on September 29, 2021.

Approximately 122 people attended this workshop that included ECICOG staff, regional community members, industry, and agency representatives. The Think-Tank was intended to build coherency around a vision for regional future planning for East Central Iowa that will guide stakeholders over the next five years.

The scenario planning process provides a method to explore plausible futures and consider the implications of various future scenarios. 

The Think-Tank workshop aimed to:

  • Deepen the understanding and examination of how external events and local conditions could shape decision-making

  • Identify and understand the key influences, trends, and dynamics that will shape the solid waste management and recycling looking out to 2030

  • Create and describe four plausible long-term scenarios for the East Central Iowa

  • Explore alignment around a shared future vision

  • Examine the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats to East Central Iowa as perceived by community stakeholders

MORE INFORMATION​

For more information about ECICOG’s CEDS Project, visit envision-eastcentraliowa.org or contact:

Karen M. Kurt, Executive Director ECICOG
East Central Iowa Council of Governments
Phone: (319) 365-9941 Ext. 122
Email: karen.kurt@ecicog.org