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Upcoming Events

    Designing Main Street!
    August 16, 17, 18

    Envision Victor heard that Victor residents want our town to keep its small town feel, its family friendliness, its connection to nature, its sustainability, and its cultural history. What better place to start making sure this happens than on Main Street? Especially, when we will have the funding to start putting our ideas into action in the next few years!

    Victor's Main Street serves drivers, pedestrians, bikers, children, horses, businesses, tourists, locals, and more, and we want to hear from EVERYONE as we plan for the future.

    For three days this August, Envision Victor will work with the public to test drive some different design ideas for Main Street. We will use our 3D technology to test out a variety of possible design features for our roadway, features such as wider sidewalks, a signal at Center and Main, a roundabout, a tree-line boulevard, wider cross-walks, and more. Please share YOUR ideas with us in advance, so that we can model them as well.

    The point of these meetings will be to hear from you. What do you like? What don't you like? Which of these items best support our town's five values? As always, Envision Victor is rooted in the belief that you, the residents of Victor, are the experts on what our Main Street should look like. The ideas we gather in these meetings will become the Main Street vision plan that we propose to the Victor City Council. If approved, we will be ready to seek out the funding that will allow us to construct the Main Street of our dreams.

    Got some great ideas for how to keep Main Street attractive and safe? Don't miss this chance to share your thoughts!

    ALL THREE OF THESE GATHERINGS WILL BE THE SAME - JOIN US FOR WHICHEVER ONE IS MOST CONVENIENT:

    • Monday, August 16. 7pm: Victor Elementary School
    • Tuesday, August 17. 12 noon: Pierre's Playhouse
    • Wednesday, August 18. 7pm: LDS Church

    Contact Dahvi Wilson (201-3931) or Tracy Tonks (201-0290) with any questions, or for more information.



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Storytelling

  • Values Stories Circles!

    • Over the last year, we've collected your stories and your values. Now we're ready to start honing in on exactly what these values mean in Victor. In the next few months, we'll be asking you to help us define these values through a few more story circles. Stay tuned for more about these events in March!

  • "Stories of Envision Victor" Podcast

    • Envision Victor's stories are now available on iTunes! For free, you can sign up to subscribe to the stories told by members of our community, and they will automatically download to your iTunes account. This means, you can load them up on your iPod, and listen to them anywhere! Just click here to be taken to the web page where you can subscribe. If you are interested in submitting a story, or if you have any questions, please email Dahvi for more information.

  • Story kiosk

    • Envision Victor has set up a story kiosk in front of Pierre's Playhouse on Main Street. The kiosk will offer opportunities for people to add their stories and thoughts on the future of Victor. It will also host information on upcoming events and activities. Check back often for new prompts and story prompts! Thanks to Teton Valley Trails and Pathways for donating the kiosk and to Jillian Thompson with her help getting it fixed up!

  • Story Interviews

    • Envision Victor has been proud to train a group of Teton Valley residents in the art of conducting story interviews. Story interviews are a great way to meet other local residents, to learn more about the history of this place, and get a clear sense of what Victor residents value most about living in this amazing place. If you're interested in getting interviewed, or becoming an interviewer, please let us know!

  • Story Circles

    • Story circles are another great way to meet your neighbors, discover common ground, and connect around the things that we love about this place. Story circle events are fun, and easy to host. If you have an interest in hosting a story circle or you want to be trained in facilitation, email Dahvi for more information!

  • 4th of July story booth

    • Come hear some of the stories we collected by clicking here!

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Action Project Updates!

  • Gateway Project

    • We hear all the time that we’ve got to do something to slow down traffic on Main Street, and we’re working on doing just that. This action project team is working on designing a visual gateway at the entrances to downtown. We will be working with the Idaho Transportation Department, as well as the public and the City to create an entrance that fits our community and helps people realize when they are entering our town. Stay tuned for ways to get involved and help us design something that truly represents Victor well. Thanks to Charlie Otto and Matt Eagens for their leadership of this team!

  • Pierre's Playhouse

    • Pierre's Playhouse is opening again thanks, in part, to the energy created by Envision Victor. The Egbert family hopes Pierre's will become a cultural community center - a family-friendly place where art can be displayed, movies can be screened, plays can be performed, and community events can be held. More work is being done on Pierre's every day, and the Egbert family wants to know what YOU want to see in Pierre's in the future! Click here to see daily updates on construction progress, previews of what's to come, and let the Egbert family know what you want to see in Victor's own local theater!

  • Postcard Competition

    • Thank you to everyone who submitted an entry into the Envision Victor postcard contest! We have selected two winners - Hannah Linville and Susan Lykes. (Congratulations to our winners!) But, the truth is, all of the entries were so good, we want to make sure they all get seen. So we will be making postcards out of all of them. To see them, click here, or stop by the Emporium in a few weeks to to buy a few! Special thanks to Kim Keeley for heading up this team!

  • Local farmers directory

    • Victor is an agricultural community with a long history. In today’s economy farmers have to be creative to make ends meet. Luckily there may be exciting ways to fuel our local economy by feeding our local residents. This team is working on developing a local farmer’s directory to start putting farmers in touch with eaters in our Valley, and to help begin a dialogue between the farmers who have been here for generations and those who have just arrived. Thanks to Jen Werlin and Grace Barca for their leadership of this team!

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Outreach

  • Logo Competition

    • Thank you to everyone who submitted an entry to our logo contest! Erik Valentine is our winner, whose logo you see above, but we want to honor the fantastic designs of our other contirbutors by posting their work on our site. Click here to see our other wonderful entries!

  • Reaching out

    • Envision Victor is committed to involving a variety of Victor residents in the process of planning our city. Everyone's voice is important. Our goal is to help figure out what the people who live here love about this place so that we can make sure that Victor remains a town to come home to. If you are interested in getting involved, or if you have ideas about how we may reach out to others in our community, please email us to let us know!

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Big Picture

The Big Picture Team has been meeting for several months, and they have done some great work compiling a file of past planning efforts in Victor. Envision Victor is committed to integrating this past work and ensuring that these efforts do not get lost. Stay tuned in the coming months for more information about how this work is being incorporated into Envision Victor's projects.
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