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SCWIP Community OutreachTeam
Outreach Team Deliverables
- SCWIP Project Post Card (119Kb PDF)
- Volunteer Poster (PDF format, 190 Kb)
- Volunteer Invitation (PDF format, 168Kb)
- Volunteer 2-Page Flyer (PDF format, 61 Kb)
- Intercept Survey
- Administering and Intercept Communications Survey (Maine DEP, April 30, 2007) (155Kb PDF)
- SCWIP Intercept Survey Fall 2008 (48Kb PDF)
- SCWIP Intercept Survey Data Fall 2008 (1,660Kb Microsoft Access Database)
- Protect Kittery Waters Note Cards (64Kb PDF)
- Protect Kittery Waters Reuseable Tote Bags and Note Cards Order Form (115Kb PDF)
- Protect Kittery Waters Banner (128Kb PDF)
- Press Releases
- SCWIP Project Seeking Volunteers (July 2008) (21Kb PDF)
- Residential Project Invitations (November 2008) (359 Kb PDF)
- Rain Barrel Project (March 2009) (401Kb PDF)
- Gundalow Visit to Kittery (May 2009) (103Kb PDF)
For photos of Outreach Team events, visit the Protect Kittery Waters photo site at http://protectkitterywaters.shutterfly.com/.
Overview
The Community Outreach Team’s goal is improve residents’ and business owners’ understanding of how their land management practices can impact water quality, and encourage them to adopt management practices that minimize impacts. A highly interactive public outreach program will provide the information needed to educate citizens on the watershed-based measures needed to help improve Spruce Creek.
Grant Funding $10,150
Match $11,530
Total Cost $21,680
The Community Outreach Team is responsible for disseminating information
about the Project to the community and for fostering understanding of the
project’s objectives and successes. The team is specifically responsible
for:
- Assessing project educational and communications needs;
- Attending outreach meetings and events;
- Assessing project educational and communications needs;
- Attending outreach meetings and events;
- Creating press releases for project activities and maintaining press contacts list;
- Supporting other project teams in the development and distribution of print materials;
- Supporting other project team activities including, convening of public meetings, socials, and Project demonstration site tours;
- Conducting two workshops on NPS management to a general audience including homeowners, landowners, schools and municipal officials.;
- Serving as the editorial advisory work group for all outreach activities for the project;
- Maintaining consistent branding for all project print materials and presentations;
- Conducting pre-project and post-project surveys at a common public area to indentify community awareness of watershed issues;
- Developing a flyer to link watershed management to water quality conditions, which in turn would be linked to local economic conditions;
- Ensuring all of the material developed and distributed through this public outreach program would be made available through the Towns’ websites;
- Including Internet Geographic Information System (GIS) mapping component to enable the use of colorful and informative maps and to allow users to view data specifically for Spruce Creek;
- Organizing a Spruce Creek Festival in 2009 to celebrate the successful projects and improved health and water quality of the watershed; and
- Assisting Grant Manager in submitting copies of all newspaper articles, brochures, presentations and outreach material including pre and post citizen surveys, and summary of septic socials.
Community Outreach Team Members & Advisors
The following are team leaders and members, as well as any technical advisors for this team.
|
Team Members |
Organization/Affiliation |
| Phyllis Ford (Leader) |
Steering Committee, SCA |
| Barney Hoop |
SCA |
| Janet Dunham |
SCA |
| Johanna Mangion |
SCA |
| Jude Battles |
Robert’s Maine Grill & Bob’s
Clam Hut (Events) |
| Marcia Griffith |
SCA |
| Marty Rea |
SCA |
| Technical Advisor |
Organization/Affiliation |
| Carolyn Hanson |
SCA |
| Karen Young |
SCA |