Village Squire, 1978-12, Page 39Each township holds six planning meetings, and that's six more
than are usually held elsewhere, she says. What the R.D.O.P.
learns from Huron county's planning methods may eventually
benefit all of rural Ontario in helping other counties improve
their planning procedures.
Working with the Turnberry township council, the R.D.O.P.
group was advised to speak to the local Federation of Agriculture
and the three groups have been involved in trying to make the
Turnberry planning meetings even more meaningful. A
supplementary series of activities to help people understand
what is involved in the planning process was then held. The
Federation suggested a series of kitchen debates on each
township line to help people sort out their arguments and
articulate their concerns before the formal planning workshops.
All such efforts, the R.D.O.P. group, are to help people feel
more comfortable in expressing their feelings when the
workshops begin.
That's indicative of the way the group headed by Prof. Fuller
and Ms. Starr along with people like local field co-ordinator
Louise Marritt operate. They want to be as much as possible
non -directive they say. Their aim is to facilitate the sharing of
resources from the university to help rural people solve their own
problems. They would also like to help create community action
that is less "crisis oriented". Local communities reacted with
amazing swiftness when they were faced with the heavy blow of
arena closures, Prof. Fuller points out, but isn't it a shame that it
takes a major tragedy to get the comrOunity really working
together?
Making full use of the community's resources and offering the
services of the University of Guelph to help rural people improve
their own communities is what the Outreach program is all
about. The group hopes that in the next few years while the
program is in action in Huron county it can help people to help
themselves. But it appears that this is just as much a learning
process for the academics as it is a teaching process so hopefully,
both sides will gain new knowledge before the project ends.
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