Growth and rural development in Lawrence and Douglas County have long called for a comprehensive plan Horizon 2020 are derived Unfortunately the vision of what the community is and Lawrence Douglas County is still unclear was 20/20.
That could change if the inhabitants of the region to participate in an ongoing process to create a vision statement for our community.
A steering committee of the city-county study ways to update 2020 has received in force since 1990. One area that due attention has been, the fact that contains our general plan is not a true statement vision of what we want to make our community.
An updated plan, has to have a mission statement, because Laurent leaders certainly benefited from working with a common goal. Understand that this goal should be required to have a conversation at Community level and openness to a variety of ideas.
The Steering Committee has prepared a draft report, which includes an explanation of the proposed vision. It reads: "The City of Lawrence and rural Douglas County is one of the most desirable locations in the United States call a well-educated single state with a free spirit at home, community diverse, publicly and boldly innovative are required .. We thrive, with full employment and a wide tax base. Our development is a human scale and our vibrant neighborhoods are habitable, allowing people to age instead. We have a lot of options for safe, efficient transportation, such as cycling, walking and public transport. The historical and bustling city center of the city attracts residents and visitors to trade and cultural arts. Our price-performance ratio of citizens to preserve and improve the natural environment for our joy and generations future. The proximity of the agricultural and rural countryside to the city offers beauty and relaxation, and enjoy the economic and health benefits of a robust local cuisine. We Lawrence and rural Douglas County is a place where creativity is growing sustainability is a way of life and community pride is contagious. "
There are many important ideas in this statement, but it's not exactly the kind of concise objective is likely to remain high on the minds of the leaders and residents of the community, as we work to build our future.
It would be interesting, a whole community conversation about what Lawrence and Douglas County may have to be the best in. There are a variety of ways. Maybe we can to be the capital of education in the Great Plains. Perhaps we want the healthiest city in America. Residents probably many ideas about what we could focus and Excel. If we manage to reach a consensus on a common goal, we can at the five or six major initiatives, which we believe would lead us to that goal to reach.
The draft vision statement by the Steering Committee could certainly serve as a good starting point for talks. For example, the Vision Statement label us as a community that "innovative impudence." What were we boldly innovative in the past? How boldly claim to be innovative in the future? Is what we expect the results of our innovation be?
The Steering Committee is responsible for the work she has done, to update, 2020 and recognized the need for a vision of the church to be praised. With a common goal of working in the years to come Lawrence and Douglas County could be an even better place than it is today.
We urge church leaders to do anything to a process that create a community conversation that allows produces a variety of clear, bright and bold ideas for the future.
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