In early December 2013, a group of Extension specialists, agents, and Master Gardener volunteers met in Charlottesville, Va., in a Strategic Planning retreat, the first in over a decade. Participants represented all four Extension districts and included people from both rural and urban programs. Those involved in the retreat crafted mission and vision statements, defined the program’s core values, and set the course of the Extension Master Gardener Program for the next two years, with the priorities of training, branding, and enhanced program support.
If you’d like more information from their session, they have summarized the findings from the retreat online.