Fifty members of the Upcountry community came together to explore and learn from the opportunities, dilemmas, and experiences we faced during the wildfires and the immediate and ongoing recovery efforts.
The KCA facilitated three rounds of dialogue with a focusing question for each round:
What are the opportunities and dilemmas we faced during the Upcountry wildfires and during the immediate and ongoing recovery efforts?
What would make the most difference to the future fire and water safety of Upcountry?
What would it take to create change on how we manage fire and water safety in Upcountry?
At the conclusion of the dialogue rounds, the participants synthesized their conversations into the two most compelling insights from each question then shared those with the entire group.
Click on the document below for a synthesis of the major insights. Also included is a listing of insights by question and photographs of the tabletop templates where participants shared their manaʻo throughout the rounds of dialogue.