News and Events
World Café
Center for Environment & Society
June 15, 2010
The Town of Chestertown and the Center for Environment & Society teamed up with Sustainable Delmarva to discover common values and build a community vision for the future of Chestertown.
Click to enlarge photos by Michael Hardesty '05.
Greeting the participants, Director for the Center for Environment & Society John Seidel suggests a few topics to discuss throughout the evening.
As the host and coordinator of the event, Jennifer Hicks outlines the agenda for the evening.
Over 100 community members, including Washington College students and alumni, participated in the event.
Community members connected over common values.
GIS Educator Samantha Bulkilvish '09 introduces herself to the small discussion group.
Each group chose a table host who recorded the collective ideas.
Community member Morgan Ellis shares her ideas for the future of Chestertown.
Host Jennifer Hicks looks on as the groups continue discussing ideas for the future of Chestertown.
Groups discussed their reasons for coming to—and staying in—Chestertown.
Toward the end of the evening, Jennifer Hicks initates a "next steps" discussion.
College and community members participated in small group discussions.
During the small table discussions, Jennifer Hicks compiled a list of major themes.
Capturing ideas, Tom Briggs creates a graphic representation of the evening.
During the break, community members examine the vision board.
The completed image.
Participants were encouraged to illustrate depictions of Chestertown life on the paper tablecloths.