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Creating A Positive Image For
Economic Development In Kiowa
County
Kiowa County Leadership Program
Planning
Recruiting
Educating
Strategic planning
Implementing
•Strengthen Linkage and Partnerships within
Kiowa County.
•Unify community efforts to Promote County
activities.
•Promote Positive Attitude and Outlook for
Kiowa County.
•Educate Volunteers in Leadership, Civic
Engagement, and Economic Development.
•Promote Community Pride.
•Educate and Promote Alternative and
Additional Incomes
KCLP Objectives
•Increase participation from County residents in
planning and implementing activities within the
County.
•Increase number of Volunteers for all
organization and activities in Kiowa County
•Create a positive Image for Economic
Development of Kiowa County.
•Decrease number of abandoned structures in
Kiowa County.
•Increase the number of residents using ECommerce to increase personal income.
Progress through Programs
•Personal Power tools- Opening meeting
•Leading for success-Opening meeting
•CARE-Opening meeting
•Understanding Yourself-April
•Tourism Development-May
•Economic Diversification-June
•E-Commerce-July
•Community and County Promotion-Aug
•Increased Volunteer help from eight volunteers at the
County Fair a year ago to twenty one volunteers this year.
•Three abandoned structures will be removed and
cleaned up starting Nov. 1st due to the work of the
KCLP and the Hobart Economic Development
Group.
•County wide Tourism committee has been
formed to coordinate activities, and design a
brochure to help promote Kiowa County.
Two High Speed Internet providers have came to Kiowa
County, as well as, a Satellite Company providing High
Speed connection County wide.
Wilt Brown, City Manager
Hobart, Oklahoma
“ In a word, we feel your Leadership Program is
mostly responsible for this new found attitude
of our citizens and those of the entire County.”
What has caused these
changes?
Attitudes have changed.
•People have begun to get involved because
they are seeing things happen.
•Everyone wants to part of a winning team
•Volunteerism is contagious
•Saturday Mornings worked in the winter, but not in the
spring and summer.
•Evenings worked well in the summer, but ran into
conflicts in the fall and winter.
•Early morning meetings are working the best.
•You can ask too much of your volunteers.
•Try not to take Volunteers away from their work. Unless
they can count it as part of their job.
•Do not just meet and visit, plan and take action
Become active, if your Community doesn’t
another will.
Kiowa County Accomplishments
•High Speed Internet
connection for entire county.
•Legislation to burn abandoned
structures.
•More Volunteers helping with
Communities activities.
•Tourism committee to promote
Kiowa County.
That’s all for now, But it’s not
the End.
You will hear more from
Kiowa County!
Creating A Positive Image For
Economic Development In Kiowa
County