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2. Enhance or formalize communication with local schools and homeschool <br />organizations to align programming with curriculum needs <br />3. Consider off-site program expansion beyond schools to other groups/settings <br />4. Expand on-line video programs along the lines of'Birding with Bob' series <br />5. Improve the visitor and program participant feedback system: <br />a. Continue to administer program participant feedback surveys <br />b. Conduct quarterly focus group meetings with stakeholders such as <br />volunteers, homes school participants, program participants, non- <br />participants, teachers, and potential partners to measure program <br />satisfaction, identify program improvements, identify new program <br />and partner opportunities, identify new markets and communication/ <br />marketing opportunities <br />6. Improve the Heritage Lab site with eight outdoor classroom structures and a <br />weather shelter <br />7. Increase staff resources with increases in program participation: <br />a. Renovate building to allow for modest staff expansion <br />8. Improve storage capacity: <br />a. Consider enhancing access to the existing storage building with access <br />off the parking lot and/or offsite storage <br />b. Add covered, all season boat and equipment storage near the dock, <br />replacing the current shed west of the building <br />Goal #7: <br />Improve Financial Sustainability <br />1. Increase revenue <br />a. Fill current programs and expand programs <br />b. Expand equipment and rental opportunities <br />2. Expand Partnerships <br />3. Seek more grant opportunities <br />4. Consider a State Bond Request for improvements outlined in this plan <br />5. Create a Friends of Wargo group for funding and advocacy <br />6. Continue phased upgrades to reduce building energy use/costs <br />7. Maximize use of volunteers <br />Wargo Nature Center Master Plan - March 2015 <br />An outdoor observation deck and birding platform <br />will encourage visitors to enjoy and study the prairie <br />ecotype <br />Outdoor classrooms shelters in the Heritage Lab will <br />provide shade and other ammenities for daycampers <br />