Ewing Township Welcome Booklet Neighborhood Group Ewing Township Green Team
It was brought to the attention of the Green Team that a Welcome Booklet would be a valuable resource to both current and new residents of Ewing. The Green team agreed and decided to accept it as a project. To make this project successful we need input from as many sources as possible.
Overall Goal Develop a Welcome Booklet to be distributed to people interested in Ewing Township The booklet will ultimately be available thru the township website some printed copies will also be made available It is up to this group to decide how it should look
Original Idea This is one example or model Middletown Township : Welcome Guide as a model (http://www.middletownnj.org/) Found under resident tab is the Welcome Info. http://www.middletownnj.org/documentcenter/vi ew/348
Here are some other ideas we might consider Bordentown Website: http://www.bordentowntownship.com/# All information found as soon as you open the website West Windsor http://www.westwindsornj.org/ Located under tabs- interesting section on volunteer positions Lawrenceville school- fun way to say welcome https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psehwxkpxhm City or Trenton http://www.visitnj.org/city/trenton This one is a tourism guide- Look at all the fun things to do
Topics to Include Some suggestions were made of topics to include These are listed on the handouts provided This list in by no means complete I am sure there are plenty of things we have forgotten I felt that all the suggestions were great- I just needed to think about how to put them together is a organized format
Organization of Information Looking at the spread sheets I provided, you will see numbers in three columns following each item from the suggestion list. These numbers represent my way of organizing the list I looked at the topics from three perspectives General Categories Who would be responsible to provide the service or might have the information From the perspective of chapters in a book
Organization of Information (1) First rated the suggestions from the perspective of general categories These categories were (1-5 &11) 1- Township Services 2-Community Activities 3-Community Services 4-History 5-School 11- Background Information My ratings are in the first column labeled Major Categories
Organization of Information (2) I then looked at the suggestions from the perspective of who is responsible or had the information These categories were (6-13) 6- county 7- township 8-state 9-private 10- other 11- background information-? 12- historical society 13- blank (left if need space later) These ratings were found in the second column
Organization of Information (3) Finally I looked at the suggestions from the perspective of chapters/sections in the Welcome book and again rated them. These categories were (14-19) 14-Introduction Materials General information about Ewing in general 15- Information about various committees or boards This includes meeting dates and times 16-Government Form of government Voting, meetings, mayors message
Organization of Information (4) 17-Township Services Like trash and recycling, license information 18- Things to do in Ewing Recreation, arts, groups 19- Historical information These ratings are found in the third column
Welcome Booklet ID Description of Feature Major Categories Responsible for Book Section 39 typical weather 11 11 14 6 community profile 11 11 14 20 neighborhoods 2 11 14 15 library 3 6 14 59 Airport 3 6 14 62 Jones Farm 3 8 14 60 State police Barracks 3 8 14 68 Dept of Transportation 3 8 14 69 Trenton Psychiatric Hosptial 3 8 14 29 medical services 3 9 14 70 West Trenton Train Station 3 9 14 51 Utilites 3 9 14 67 Home Front 3 9 14 43 child care 3 9 14 28 Hospitals 3 9 14 37 transportation available-bus 3 10 14 routes 41 access to other places- 3 11 14 train/95 40 location of township 4 11 14 16 maps of area 4 11 14 61 Katzenback School for the 5 8 14 deaf 58 various appointed 2 7 15 committees - (like Green Team) 8 economic development 2 7 15 5 community organizations 2 7 15 35 sustainability in ewing 2 7 15 66 County Freeholders 1 6 16 Meetings 9/9/2017 9 elected officials CSteward 1 7 16 17 mayors message 1 7 16
My Goal tonight Decide on how to organize the booklet Decide which section you would like to be involved with Gather together into work groups Choose a leader Start working
Scheduled Meeting Dates/Agendas September 7,2017 Organizational Determine general Layout of Booklet Establish Committees with leadership September 21, 2017 Committee work October 5, 2017 Committee work October 19,2017 Committee work
Scheduled Meeting Dates/Agendas November 2, 2017 Initial Drafts (Group one) Each group to present to group for comments and suggestions November 16, 2017 Initial Drafts (Group Two) Continue previous weeks presentations November 30, 2017 Final Drafts completed and submitted
Meeting Information All meeting will be held at the Ewing Community and Senior Center @ 999 Lower Ferry Road The will start at 7pm and finish before 9pm Meetings will be held in either the main meeting room or the board room.
Scheduled Meeting Dates/Agendas Date to be determined in December for Final Workup and layout Publication date January 9, 2017- Perhaps presented at the First Council meeting of the year 2018 Or last one in current year 2017 Will need to determine how we will distribute the information Realtors? Notice in Tax bills?
Thank you This is indeed a big project, but one that is needed and I am sure will be well utilized. I thank you in advance for your help. Please feel free to contact me with any questions Caroline Steward whereitis@aol.com