Have you made a visit to Rockland’s City Council Chambers lately?  If not, you’ve missed something special – the words of your fellow citizens on the walls.  These quotations are from the hundreds of interviews done by Rockland Heart & Soul.  As we try to learn what matters most to the people of our community, Rockland Heart & Soul has heard many thought-provoking comments.  Some are critical and pointed, but the vast majority simply reflect what we as a community care about – our harbor, our downtown, our compact walkable city, our friends and neighbors, to name only a few.  

Come to City Hall and see what YOU think about these quotations.  Do you agree?  Do you disagree?  Can you see the many things we have in common?  Would you like to add your thoughts to the wall?  Rockland Heart & Soul is still interviewing and listening to the stories of our community.  Email us at info@RocklandHeartandSoul.org and we’ll scheduled an interview with you.  

As we approach the end of our story gathering phase, however, we need to organize all the data that we’ve collected from our interviews.  Hundreds of data points – again, the words of our citizens -  need to be sorted into categories.   We had a “test sorting” this summer and discovered that it was fun to see what people had to say, but that trying to find those 8-10 categories lead to some rather lively conversations.

Join us for the final sorting of the data on Saturday, September 22, at 9 a.m. at the Lighthouse Museum.  We’ll have coffee, tea, refreshments and some interesting conversation.

Callie Black, Rockland Heart & Soul