First Impressions

In this community improvement program volunteers from two similar communities (size, location, county seat, etc.) agree to do unannounced exchange visits and then report on their findings. Participants became “secret shoppers” for the day to discover what they can about their sister city. They follow procedures and reporting guidelines in a fully developed manual, which is copied for each participant. The manual helps insure that the evaluations and reports are thorough and somewhat uniform and minimize the training of volunteers. To learn more click here.

Completed First Impressions Reports

Albany

• First Impressions – 1995 (12 pages, 6210 KB)

Brodhead

• First Impressions – 1995 (20 pages, 15038 KB)

Monroe

• First Impressions – 2006 (13 pages, 376 KB)
• First Impressions – 1995 (22 page, 15924 KB)

Monticello

• First Impressions – 2006 (13 pages, 409 KB)
• First Impressions – 1997 (10 pages, 4855 KB)

New Glarus

• First Impressions – 1994 (10 pages, 5822 KB)