Click here to download the Draft PACD 2009 Strategic Plan.

PACD held a strategic planning session on August 10-11, 2009 in State College, PA. Ray Ledgerwood, a national expert on strategic planning for conservation districts and their associations, led 45 participants through a structured process to achieve three main objectives.

The strategic planning session objectives included:

• Envisioning a stronger, more effective PACD and the actions needed to build the organization.
• Revise, update, and make a new strategic plan with priorities for staff and funding resources.
• Develop a 12-month action plan with commitments and time schedule for priority initiatives and methods to build support among member districts.

The following materials were produced by the strategic planning process:

• Pre-interviews
• Strategic Plan Work Session
• Notes from the Session
• Slideshow

Letter from PACD President M. Irvil Kear on the next steps in the strategic planning process (September 3, 2009).