PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Greetings Society Members!
I hope all of you are doing well and in the mood for our rapidly approaching Springtime. It will be wonderful to get out of the snow and cold weather. Stay safe and healthy as we transition.
I also hope you are in the mood for exciting news from your Society! Over the last month your Board, Officers, and our Executive Director Brad Moore, have continued to advance the “Depot Project” toward construction completion. This
should wrap up sometime in May or June.
In addition, we have conducted additional focus groups of senior community and business leadership to obtain their input, suggestions and comments on the Project. We intend to conduct at least two more. One with senior education representatives as well as students from local school districts and our Johnson County Community College. Another with specific community leaders. When completed, we will have the research we need in order to complete our Vision Statement as well as our Business Plan for the Project.
Once we have completed those tasks, we will fine tune our Case Statement (our presentation for potential donors, grantors, etc.) and move toward our formal fundraising campaign by mid year.
This campaign is to solicit financial support for expected Operational and Capital expenses for the Depot. At the appropriate time we will celebrate the Grand Opening for our Members and the Community to showcase the potential of the Depot.
There is wisdom in the observation of EugeneO’Neill’s Mary Tyrone in Long Day’s Journey into Night:“The past is the present, isn’t it? It’s the future, too.” So true! our Depot’s use must be dynamic. We will certainly showcase our history.
We are a “HistoricalSociety” after all. But the Depot should be an active participant in creating the future “history” of Overland Park as a City and Community. The Depot should nurture and invite continuing participation by our community in conversations and programs about who we are, what we do, how we solve problems and how important knowledge and participation in Community life is. “The past is the present, isn’t it? It’s the future, too.”! So true. Our Society has its foundation in the past, we celebrate the present and look to our future with excitement and anticipation!
So glad you’re on this journey with us into the future of our Society and our Overland Park Community.
Rod Richardson
President
Overland Park Historical Society
Greetings Society Members!
I hope all of you are doing well and in the mood for our rapidly approaching Springtime. It will be wonderful to get out of the snow and cold weather. Stay safe and healthy as we transition.
I also hope you are in the mood for exciting news from your Society! Over the last month your Board, Officers, and our Executive Director Brad Moore, have continued to advance the “Depot Project” toward construction completion. This
should wrap up sometime in May or June.
In addition, we have conducted additional focus groups of senior community and business leadership to obtain their input, suggestions and comments on the Project. We intend to conduct at least two more. One with senior education representatives as well as students from local school districts and our Johnson County Community College. Another with specific community leaders. When completed, we will have the research we need in order to complete our Vision Statement as well as our Business Plan for the Project.
Once we have completed those tasks, we will fine tune our Case Statement (our presentation for potential donors, grantors, etc.) and move toward our formal fundraising campaign by mid year.
This campaign is to solicit financial support for expected Operational and Capital expenses for the Depot. At the appropriate time we will celebrate the Grand Opening for our Members and the Community to showcase the potential of the Depot.
There is wisdom in the observation of EugeneO’Neill’s Mary Tyrone in Long Day’s Journey into Night:“The past is the present, isn’t it? It’s the future, too.” So true! our Depot’s use must be dynamic. We will certainly showcase our history.
We are a “HistoricalSociety” after all. But the Depot should be an active participant in creating the future “history” of Overland Park as a City and Community. The Depot should nurture and invite continuing participation by our community in conversations and programs about who we are, what we do, how we solve problems and how important knowledge and participation in Community life is. “The past is the present, isn’t it? It’s the future, too.”! So true. Our Society has its foundation in the past, we celebrate the present and look to our future with excitement and anticipation!
So glad you’re on this journey with us into the future of our Society and our Overland Park Community.
Rod Richardson
President
Overland Park Historical Society
