Town shares plans for outreach

Aim of initiative is to create connection across Elizabeth

BY CHANCY J. GATLIN-ANDERSON SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

“Community rough Connection” is the name given to the Town of Elizabeth’s new communication plan.

On March 24, Mayor Nick Snively sat down with the Elbert County News at Ziggi’s Co ee in Elizabeth to discuss the communication plan and its goal of creating a stronger connection between the town and its residents.

Importance of town communication

During the conversation, Snively explained that communication is a vitally important and controllable factor in the success of a thriving community. For the Town of Elizabeth, their goal for the Community rough Communication plan is to ll knowledge gaps and eliminate space for residents to make incorrect assumptions about various aspects of the town. Snively explained that these gaps have grown wider as the town has grown and people have become more divided.

“When you don’t communicate something, there are gaps in people’s understanding. People will often ll in those gaps with assumptions that are incorrect or di erent. We could have lled in those gaps for them,” explained Snively. “We have a community that as it’s grown, we see a division between the older part of town and the newer neighborhoods like Gold Creek and Legacy Village. e old town Elizabeth and Elizabeth ing o its annual spotlight on the bene ts of libraries around the

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