Shortly after I started at the Rocky Mount Telegram, local politicians hired Dr. Johnson to do the Twin County Competitiveness Study and last Spring we got the results from that. One of the things Dr. Johnson encouraged the area to undertake was a visioning process where leaders set out a vision for where the region wanted to go and a plan to get there.

In November, leaders had the Visioning and Strategic Planning Process kick-off event and tomorrow night, community members are invited to attend a Regional Visioning Community Academy to learn how to get involved in the visioning process.

Process leaders will explain the first step in the visioning process: study circles, and how residents can get involved in facilitiating the circles or just participating in the four-part discussions fostered by the circles. Residents will have the opportunity to discuss what they'd like to change in the region and what they'd like to see the area become.

Anyone who is interested in the process is invited to attend the Academy from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Rocky Mount/Edgecombe CDC Incubator at 110 Fountain Park Drive in the Battleboro community.

For more information on the visioning process, click HERE.