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20/20 Project Announced 8/9/2006
The Vail Town Council is inviting the public to take part in two important community discussions that will serve as the basis for a long-term strategic plan for Vail. The meetings will be held Aug. 22 and Aug. 24 at the Donovan Pavilion. Residents, property owners, business owners, employees, civic groups and non-profit organizations are encouraged to take part in the community workshops. Other participation opportunities will be made available online for anyone unable to attend.
The workshops mark the beginning of the “Vail 20/20” strategic planning process, sponsored by the town with additional involvement by Vail’s institutional partners, including the Eagle River Water & Sanitation District, Vail Recreation District, U.S. Forest Service and other organizations.
Once completed, the Vail 20/20 Strategic Plan will integrate current and future planning efforts and will serve as the guiding document for ongoing budgeting and prioritization decisions not only for the Town of Vail but for other agencies and organizations, where appropriate.
Community Development Director Russell Forrest says the comprehensive 20/20 process will build upon a master planning effort that has been recently initiated in partnership with the Vail Recreation District, as well as land use planning currently underway for the West Vail commercial core area and the West LionsHead area. “These meetings will give us an opportunity to share our future growth projections with the community and discuss how that growth is currently being managed as well as how we want to successfully manage it in the future,” he said. Because the town is evaluating these multiple issues at once, the value of this comprehensive approach is the ability to look at these issues collectively to determine the appropriate tradeoffs that will best serve the community’s vision for the future, he said.
That visioning groundwork begins Aug. 22 when the town will host the first of two workshops at Donovan Pavilion. The gathering begins at 4 p.m. with a community barbecue followed by the Community Values Workshop from 5 to 8 p.m. During the meeting, participants will identify and evaluate the characteristics they love about Vail which will help serve as the litmus test for future decisions.
Next, the Community Vision Workshop from 4 to 8 p.m. on Aug. 24, with food and drink provided, will expand upon the community values discussion. The meeting will begin promptly at 4:15 p.m. where the state of the town will be reviewed, as well as future trends for the year 2020. Participants will then determine which trends are in keeping with Vail’s community values and which trends create challenges and opportunities. A preferred future vision will be developed by participants that will provide the basis for developing the strategic plan.
To RSVP for the Community Values Workshop on Aug. 22 and the Community Vision Workshop on Aug. 24, call Elisabeth Reed at 479-2454 or email ereed@vailgov.com by Aug. 18. Free child care will be available upon advance request. For anyone unable to attend in person, opportunities for remote participation will be available on line at www.vailgov.com/2020 from Aug. 11 to Aug. 30.
Following the two workshops, a report summarizing the meetings and online feedback will be presented to the Town Council and other institutional partners, as appropriate, for additional follow up in development of the 20/20 Strategic Plan. The plan will address issues and ideas developed by the community and ongoing actions currently underway.
The town has called upon the expertise of Design Workshop, an international firm practicing landscape architecture, land planning, urban design and tourism planning, to organize the meetings and challenge the community to critically think about its future. Also assisting in the process is RRC Associates, a Boulder-based research and planning firm, which has compiled the state of the town report using data from community surveys, marketing trends, state demographics and other socioeconomic sources.
To help build community awareness, the town is sponsoring a mailing to all households, businesses and part-time residents in Vail to introduce the 20/20 process and invite participation. Newsletter updates also will be produced to keep community members informed.
It has been more than a decade since Vail’s last community visioning process in which a series of affordable housing initiatives took root as well as the Donovan Park and Pavilion. Forrest says the community has changed considerably since the 40-plus actions were developed as part of the Vail Tomorrow process. “While the issues may be different these days, this is an opportunity for the community to participate with the same spirit and passion we saw a decade ago,” he said. “Community participation today is the key to Vail’s future success.”
For additional details on the Vail 20/20 planning process, contact Forrest at 479-2146 or go to www.vailgov.com/2020.
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20/20 Project Announced 8/9/2006
The Vail Town Council is inviting the public to take part in two important community discussions that will serve as the basis for a long-term strategic plan for Vail. The meetings will be held Aug. 22 and Aug. 24 at the Donovan Pavilion. Residents, property owners, business owners, employees, civic groups and non-profit organizations are encouraged to take part in the community workshops. Other participation opportunities will be made available online for anyone unable to attend.
The workshops mark the beginning of the “Vail 20/20” strategic planning process, sponsored by the town with additional involvement by Vail’s institutional partners, including the Eagle River Water & Sanitation District, Vail Recreation District, U.S. Forest Service and other organizations.
Once completed, the Vail 20/20 Strategic Plan will integrate current and future planning efforts and will serve as the guiding document for ongoing budgeting and prioritization decisions not only for the Town of Vail but for other agencies and organizations, where appropriate.
Community Development Director Russell Forrest says the comprehensive 20/20 process will build upon a master planning effort that has been recently initiated in partnership with the Vail Recreation District, as well as land use planning currently underway for the West Vail commercial core area and the West LionsHead area. “These meetings will give us an opportunity to share our future growth projections with the community and discuss how that growth is currently being managed as well as how we want to successfully manage it in the future,” he said. Because the town is evaluating these multiple issues at once, the value of this comprehensive approach is the ability to look at these issues collectively to determine the appropriate tradeoffs that will best serve the community’s vision for the future, he said.
That visioning groundwork begins Aug. 22 when the town will host the first of two workshops at Donovan Pavilion. The gathering begins at 4 p.m. with a community barbecue followed by the Community Values Workshop from 5 to 8 p.m. During the meeting, participants will identify and evaluate the characteristics they love about Vail which will help serve as the litmus test for future decisions.
Next, the Community Vision Workshop from 4 to 8 p.m. on Aug. 24, with food and drink provided, will expand upon the community values discussion. The meeting will begin promptly at 4:15 p.m. where the state of the town will be reviewed, as well as future trends for the year 2020. Participants will then determine which trends are in keeping with Vail’s community values and which trends create challenges and opportunities. A preferred future vision will be developed by participants that will provide the basis for developing the strategic plan.
To RSVP for the Community Values Workshop on Aug. 22 and the Community Vision Workshop on Aug. 24, call Elisabeth Reed at 479-2454 or email ereed@vailgov.com by Aug. 18. Free child care will be available upon advance request. For anyone unable to attend in person, opportunities for remote participation will be available on line at www.vailgov.com/2020 from Aug. 11 to Aug. 30.
Following the two workshops, a report summarizing the meetings and online feedback will be presented to the Town Council and other institutional partners, as appropriate, for additional follow up in development of the 20/20 Strategic Plan. The plan will address issues and ideas developed by the community and ongoing actions currently underway.
The town has called upon the expertise of Design Workshop, an international firm practicing landscape architecture, land planning, urban design and tourism planning, to organize the meetings and challenge the community to critically think about its future. Also assisting in the process is RRC Associates, a Boulder-based research and planning firm, which has compiled the state of the town report using data from community surveys, marketing trends, state demographics and other socioeconomic sources.
To help build community awareness, the town is sponsoring a mailing to all households, businesses and part-time residents in Vail to introduce the 20/20 process and invite participation. Newsletter updates also will be produced to keep community members informed.
It has been more than a decade since Vail’s last community visioning process in which a series of affordable housing initiatives took root as well as the Donovan Park and Pavilion. Forrest says the community has changed considerably since the 40-plus actions were developed as part of the Vail Tomorrow process. “While the issues may be different these days, this is an opportunity for the community to participate with the same spirit and passion we saw a decade ago,” he said. “Community participation today is the key to Vail’s future success.”
For additional details on the Vail 20/20 planning process, contact Forrest at 479-2146 or go to www.vailgov.com/2020.
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