Hoosick Rising 4 - Think Like an Entrepreneur
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Community Project Ideas SessionSeptember 25, 2014
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Tonight’s Objectives
1. Exciting updates from community leaders
2. Hoosick Rising Update
3. Community SWOT Summary
4. Review of Project Ideas
5. Vote: Project Ideas
6. Get involved
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Tonight is about identifying priority projects and
implementation teams to keep Hoosick Rising.
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Hoosick Rising Status Update
Economic Profile
Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities Threats (SWOT)
Community engagement and capacity building
Initiatives & Priority Projects
Action Plan Matrix (“Live” document)
o Final Strategy
o Quarterly Check-In
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• Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development: Opportunities for networking and fostering makers/creators
• Built Environment: Downtown, Residential, commercial, public spaces and places.
• Marketing the Region for Tourism/Visitation/Recreation
• Historic and Natural Resources: Access and Quality
• Education and Workforce: Youth through retirement
• Thinking beyond Hoosick's borders: Opportunities to partner with Route 22 Corridor communities
SWOT
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SWOT Summary: Hoosick Strengths
• Small town living
• Private investment by community-minded entrepreneurs
• Schools and youth programs
• Historic and natural resources
• Hoosick Rising – making things happen
• Active non-profit orgs
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SWOT Summary: Hoosick Weaknesses
• Population decline
• Disinvestment in built environment
• Proximity to large markets
- Small labor pool
- Limited consumer demand
• Limited collaboration/communication between local businesses
• No higher education institution
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SWOT Summary: Hoosick Opportunities
• Regional partnerships
• Growing artist/entrepreneurial environment regionally
• Trend back to urban-small city living
• Agriculture/Farm-to-table/Sustainable Food
- Various Ag Initiatives
- Made in NY movement
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SWOT Summary: Hoosick Threats
• Growing tax burden on residential properties
• Loss of large employer
• Aging population
• Drug use rising
• Negativity
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A Challenge:
Act Like a Startup Community
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Rule 1:
Entrepreneurs must lead
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Rule 2:
Leaders must make a long-term commitment
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Rule 3:
The startup community must be inclusive of anyone who wants to
participate.
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Rule 4:
The startup community must have continual activities that engage the
entrepreneurial stack.
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What am I signing up for? Team Member
• Be an active member of team
• Focus on implementation
• Work collaboratively with other team members and teams
• Complete assigned tasks
Team Leaders – Project Managers
• Form team
• Lead development of implementation plan
• Oversee completing implementation plan - set deadlines
• Report out to Hoosick Rising project manager
• Feed information to social media advocates
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Projects & Initiatives
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Your October to-to list:
• Get involved in an initiative, email Christa
• Invite 5 new people to get involved
• Get Social: Talk, Tweet, Post about Hoosick Rising
• Send us you great ideas
Sooo….What’s Next?