Hernando County Strategic Plan

The Community's Role

This project has been designed to provide various opportunities for citizen feedback to drive the content of Hernando County's Strategic Plan. Below are many opportunities for citizen participation. Please find your best options to engage in this important process.

Community Engagement Opportunities

• Community Engagement Session I, December 18 2024
• Community Feedback Survey, February 3rd-24th 2025
• Community Engagement Session II, February 4th 2025
• Community Engagement Session III, April 4th 2025
• BOCC Phase I Presentation, May 27 2025
• Commissioner Forum I, June 20 2025
• Commissioner Forum II, July 31 2025
• Read Meeting Minutes, Survey Results, Open now & Ongoing on this site
• Q & A, Open now & Ongoing on this site

Community Engagement Session I, December 18 2024 (1.5 hours) 5:30pm – 7pm: Hernando County Utilities Department: 15365 Cortez Blvd, Brooksville, FL 34613

The SPC Collaborative Labs team will facilitate a collaborative citizen engagement session to inform the community of their role in the strategic planning process as well as how to engage throughout the process.

Community Feedback Survey, February 3rd-24th 2025

This survey closed on February 24th, 2025. The USF team will analyze, group, and summarize the feedback survey into a report which will be presented to Hernando County’s leadership team and will also posted to this website.

Community Engagement Session II (2 hours), February 4th, 3:00pm-5:00pm, *Pasco-Hernando State College (PHSC) Spring Hill Campus, 450 Beverly Court Building B-105, Spring Hill, FL 34606

The SPC Collaborative Labs team will facilitate this collaborative Community Forum to gain valuable insights for consideration in the strategic planning process. Participants will include residents, businesses, and other groups affiliated with the Hernando County community. *Pasco-Hernando State College is allowing this presentation in an effort to serve the community and its students, faculty and staff. This authorization does not mean that the College endorses, agrees or supports the content of the program or its sponsors.

This Session will:

• Ask participants to identify characteristics of Hernando County that they value most and do not want to change, and issues affecting the County that the County will need to address
• Begin to discuss participants’ desires for the future of the County and County government, including a potential vision statement, and possible goals, objectives or recommendations related to the vision and issues
• Discuss priorities

The SPC Collaborative Labs and USF team will develop workshop materials for the Session. The team will also prepare a written and visual Session Summary outlining activities and conclusions at the Session. Summary documents from this forum will posted to this website in the "Meeting Minutes" section.

Community Engagement Session III (2 hours), April 4th, 6:00pm-8:00pm, Eastside Elementary School Cafeteria, 27151 Roper Road, Brooksville, FL 34602

Community Focus Group Session III will allow participants to:

• Review draft vision, objectives and recommendations
• Review input received through resident survey and community participation since Forum 1
• Discuss and refine the draft vision, goals, objectives, and recommendations
• Test the degree of support or consensus for the vision, goals, objectives, and recommendations
• Discuss priorities

The USF team in partnership with SPC Collaborative Labs will develop workshop materials for Forum III based on discussions at Forum II, including the draft vision, objectives, and recommendations. The team will also prepare a written and visual Forum Summary outlining activities and conclusions at the Forum. Summary documents from this forum will posted to this website in the "Meeting Minutes" section.

Hernando County Board of County Commissioners Meeting, May 27, 2025 BOCC meeting begins at 9:00 am, John Law Ayers Commission Chambers, Room 160 20 North Main Street, Brooksville, FL 34601

The USF team in partnership with SPC Collaborative Labs will deliver a presentation and report on the Resident Survey Results, Community Forums, as well as the Employee Survey and Focus Group.

Commissioner Forum I, June 20, 2025 from 9:30am to 3:30pm (6 hours), Hernando County Utilities Department: 15365 Cortez Blvd, Brooksville, FL 34613

Commissioner Forum I topics will include:

• debrief the citizen forum/survey results
• debrief the employee forum results
• debrief initial citizen and employee desires for the future of the County, including potential goals, objectives and recommendations related to the vision
• develop mission, vision, values, and strategic SMART goals for the County government as an organization

The USF in collaboration with SPC Collaborative Labs team will develop workshop materials for

Commissioner Forum I. The team will prepare a written and visual Forum I Summary Report outlining activities and conclusions at the Forum.

Commissioner Forum II July 31, 2025 from 9:30am to 12:30pm (3 hours), Hernando County Utilities Department: 15365 Cortez Blvd, Brooksville, FL 34613

Commissioner Forum I topics will include:

• Review/finalize mission, vision, values, and strategic SMART goals
• Develop champions, objectives, implementation plans and timelines for each goal
• Determine a schedule for monitoring (accountability checkpoints) for each goal

The USF and SPC Collaborative Labs team will develop workshop materials for Commissioner Forum II. The team will prepare written and visual Forum II Summary Report outlining activities and conclusions at the Forum, as well as recommendations for long-term success of the strategic plan.