Originally Posted by eyagow
Posted - 08/04/2005 :  09:01:14 AM
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About 22 people showed up for the July 27th set of Stroubles Creek Focus Group Meetings. The powerpoint presentation given at the meeting is available through the following link:
http://www.tmdl.bse.vt.edu/uploads/File/forum/StroublesCreekFocusGroup07-27-05.ppt (32MB)

while the handout from meeting can be found at this link:
http://www.tmdl.bse.vt.edu/uploads/File/forum/StroublesCreekFocusGrpAgenda_July27.doc (146KB)

Each of the 3 Focus Groups - Agriculture/Rural, Residential/Urban, and PublicWorks - worked from a revised map to refine areas or stream lengths that corresponded with identified problems from the Stroubles Creek TMDL study, and then moved on to discuss technical assistance needs and potential constraints to successful implementation. This is a large file, but for those interested in seeing the revised maps, they are available at this link:
http://www.tmdl.bse.vt.edu/uploads/File/forum/StroublesMaps_July27.doc (18MB)

Finally, the working set of notes from each of the three Focus Groups are available at the following links:
http://www.tmdl.bse.vt.edu/uploads/File/forum/AgrRuralFocusGroupNotes07-27-05.doc (34KB)
http://www.tmdl.bse.vt.edu/uploads/File/forum/ResidUrbanFocusGroupNotes07-27-05.doc (34KB)
http://www.tmdl.bse.vt.edu/uploads/File/forum/PublicWorksFocusGroupNotes07-27-05.doc (42KB)

The next meeting of the Focus Groups will be held on the evening of September 21st at the Blacksburg Library’s Community Room from 7:00 – 9:00 pm.