How to Get Involved

The Community's Role

This project has been designed to provide various opportunities for citizen feedback to drive the content of Hernando County's Strategic Plan. Below are many opportunities for citizen participation. Please find your best options to engage in this important process.

Community Engagement Opportunities

Community Engagement Session I, December 18 2024
Community Feedback Survey, January 2025
Community Focus Group Session II, February 2025
Community Focus Group Session III, April 2025
Read Meeting Minutes, Survey Results, Open now & Ongoing on this site
Q & A, Open now & Ongoing on this site

Community Engagement Session I, December 18 2024 (1.5 hours) 5:30pm – 7pm: Hernando County Utilities Department: 15365 Cortez Blvd, Brooksville, FL 34613

The SPC Collaborative Labs team will facilitate a collaborative citizen engagement session to inform the community of their role in the strategic planning process as well as how to engage throughout the process.

Community Feedback Survey, Opens January 2025

This survey will be a mechanism for additional public input and will be posted to this site for participation. The USF team will analyze, group, and summarize the feedback survey into a report which will be presented to Hernando County’s leadership team and will also posted to this website.

Community Focus Group Session II, February 2025, Location/Time TBD

The SPC Collaborative Labs team will facilitate this collaborative Community Forum to gain valuable insights for consideration in the strategic planning process. Participants will include residents, businesses, and other groups affiliated with the Hernando County community. The USF team will invite elected officials, but request elected officials to listen and observe, but not participate.

This Session will:

Ask participants to identify characteristics of Hernando County that they value most and do not want to change, and issues affecting the County that the County will need to address
Begin to discuss participants’ desires for the future of the County and County government, including a potential vision statement, and possible goals, objectives or recommendations related to the vision and issues
Discuss priorities

The SPC Collaborative Labs and USF team will develop workshop materials for the Session. The team will also prepare a written and visual Session Summary outlining activities and conclusions at the Session. Summary documents from this forum will posted to this website in the "Meeting Minutes" section.

Community Focus Group Session III (3 hours), Location/Time TBD

Community Focus Group Session III will allow participants to:

Review draft vision, objectives and recommendations
Review input received through resident survey and social media since Forum 1
Discuss and refine the draft vision, goals, objectives, and recommendations
Test the degree of support or consensus for the vision, goals, objectives, and recommendations
Discuss priorities

The USF team in partnership with SPC Collaborative Labs will develop workshop materials for Forum III based on discussions at Forum II, including the draft vision, objectives, and recommendations. The team will also prepare a written and visual Forum Summary outlining activities and conclusions at the Forum. Summary documents from this forum will posted to this website in the "Meeting Minutes" section.