HONORING OUR FOUNDERS

 

Walla Walla 2020 was founded in 1988, as a result of a workshop organized by Barbara Clark.  The invitation was sent to 35 people, about 20 of whom attended.  The invitation read in part:

 

You are invited to participate in a day-long workshop to plan a sustainable future for Walla Walla.  The immediate objective of the workshop will be to produce a preliminary vision of Walla Walla in the year 2020 and a rudimentary plan for getting from here to there.  You’ve probably thought from time to time of what the ideal city would be like.  Let’s get together and see if we can help it happen.

 

The results of our work toward that vision over the last 18 years are summarized in a 2006 Update on Walla Walla 2020 found on our homepage at ww2020.org.

 

On August 4, 1988, the group became a non-profit corporation by filing its Articles of Incorporation with the Washington Secretary of State.  The founding directors listed in those articles are:

 

George Ball                                          Nancy Ball                                            Bob Carson

Barbara Clark                                     Daniel Clark                                        Shirley Hagman

David Hiatt                                            Chris Howard                                       Judy Johnson

Jean Krapfel                                         Douglas Morton                                   Shirley Muse

Paula Nichols                                       Skip Nichols                                        Candace Rose

Gordon Scribner                                 Carolyn Seachris                               Sandy Simmons

Deborah Winter                                 John Winter.

 

Many more people have served on Walla Walla 2020 committees, participated in its projects, and served on its board of directors over the years.  Walla Walla 2020 maintains a board of approximately twenty, and has a current membership of approximately fifty.

 

11-22-06