ADK Futures is a pro bono project by Dave Mason and Jim Herman on behalf of the Adirondack Common Ground Alliance. We are retired strategy consultants who live in Keene, NY.  We launched this project to stimulate new, creative, thinking about the challenges and opportunities ahead and start a new conversation among a broad set of people that care about the Park.  We are using a scenario development approach in which we imagine six different, divergent outcomes for the Park 25 years from now. The broad range of ideas and possibilities envisioned in these six scenarios allow many points of view to be considered in the ongoing debate.  The six scenarios are titled:

• 2037 A: Wild Park
• 2037 B: A Usable Park
• 2037 C: The Sustainable Life
• 2037 D: Adirondack County
• 2037 E: Post “Big Government” Solutions
• 2037 F: The Adirondack State Forest

We are asking a wide variety of people to rank order the endstates on two criteria.  To find out more, go here.

We have recently produced a four-page mid-project summary for distribution at APA Local Government Day.  Please pass it on to others.