Outcome from Meeting Survey - August 7, 2012
What do we want people to know about Euclid Creek watershed - or - what is our take home message when talking to people about the watershed?
· Most asked question: What is a watershed? How important it is to drinking water and health
· That there is an organization helping the watershed - FOEC (5)
· What you do in your yard can have an impact on Lake Erie (5)
· Trying to find out. Also trying to find out group's attitude about deer.
· it's not just a Metropark (5)
· You are an owner
· How does this affect me? Why should I care? (5)
· You drink this water (2)
Who needs to know about Euclid Creek watershed - or - who is our audience & who should be our audience?
· Homeowners - what they do on their property affect EC watershed (5)
· All the homeowners who are too busy or tired to attend meetings such as FOEC (2)
· Willoughby Hills (2)
· Beachwood (no representation) (1)
· Euclid & Cleveland
· City councils & planning commissions (14)
· Students (3)
Not serving now but should
· Students a bit more (3)
· Many business owners live elsewhere and seem unaware of watershed issues here (1)
· Are all governments aware of us?
· Cities and city councils in the watershed like Highland Hts. (2)
What do we do? How do we share the "good news" about Euclid Creek watershed? (sparsely answered)
· Educational events/outreach (5)
· Some of us pass on what we have learned to those in other organizations or family members
(Probably should be under category below)
o Speak at council meetings once a year (14)
o Feed them, entertain them and then they will come (1)
o Find a celebrity person/high profile to endorse our watershed (Dick Goddard, Betsy Cling, Robin Swoboda) (12)
o Speakers bureau to churches, temples (5)
What should we do but we're not?
· Provide an incentive for membership
· Target schools, churches and businesses - fundraising, community service (2)
· Ask for FOEC members to volunteer to have the monthly meeting at their house. This would put the meeting near or on a creek in many cases (1)
· Have an article in places like the Plain Dealer or Cleveland Magazine, Sun Messenger (11)
· Have a voice in community government decisions; work to change ordinances , e.g., weed laws (4)
· Have FOEC reps talk bi-annually at city council meetings (4)
· Become more involved with Beyond Pesticides Ohio
· Should rotate our meetings in different watershed cities to attract different people (1)
· Social media and marketing (4)
· Send invitations to meetings
· Recruit more professionals - fundraisers, corporate heads, scientists, teachers (8)
Program or field trip ideas? Note: Ideas are very field trip based
· Natural areas - little known
· Stream walks at ECR
· Partner with Cleveland Metroparks to have "watershed day"
· Nottingham filtration plant
· Marcella property program and field trip
· East branch EC - Highland to Richmond
· Litter campaign
· Visit other watersheds
· Need more social interaction with members
What do you enjoy most about being a Friend of Euclid Creek?
· (activ) Learning about what is being done city-wide to help watershed and environment
· (activ/sci) Positive conservation and restoration for the "common good"
· (edu) Programs/speakers
· (activ) Group gets project done/on the ground
· (activ) Wanting to get engaged in local issue - have a brook in my backyard that drains into east branch, would like to see invasive species pull and mitigation to area
· (activ) The fact that the dusty goldenrod meadow easement exists because of FOEC (my "backyard")
· (edu) Learning what to plant to prevent erosion in my "backyard" where the creek is
· (sci) Knowing we monitor water
· (sci) Water testing
Any other comments or ideas?
· Outreach to interested teachers/schools; lead trips to EC natural areas (11)
· Long term goal; buy land that is long term, eastern creeks part of EC watershed (3)
· Buy land around SE present library; make building a watershed center (6)
· Meet with Cleveland Metroparks re: future plans (7)
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