Emmett/Gem County Community Review Report Summary

Part Three, Community Surveys & Interviews, holds additional information related to the review
such as the survey data and community interviews collected from Emmett and Gem County
residents, and the visiting team’s analysis of that data.
Idaho Commission on the Arts Community Development Director Delta Smith shares a smile with a
Senior Center member during the interview and data collection phase of the community review.
Part Four, Tools, Resources, Strategies, and Next Steps, contains a collection of useful tools and
additional referral resources and documents that may prove useful such as the community
and economic development, business retention, and quality of life survey.
Part Five, Appendix, provides visiting team member biographies and contact information,
news articles pertaining to the community review, and the community review schedules and
agendas for the times the teams were in the region.
We would like to thank the residents of Emmett and Gem County for your willingness to
share ideas and information with the Visiting Team, and for keeping an open mind as you
evaluate these observations, recommendations, resources, and comments from visitors to
your region and your local Emmett and Gem County citizens.
For more information about this document or the Idaho Community Review process,
contact Michael Shaw at the Association of Idaho Cities: 1-800-344-8594, (208) 724-1073,
or Mshaw@idahocities.org. Additional copies of this document are available at
www.idahocities.org under the Idaho Community Review hyperlink. A video debriefing of
the team’s experience in Emmett and Gem County is also available upon request.
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