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NEWS Revised: Envision 2030 Common Vision
01/05/07
Here is the revised common vision for Cumming-Forsyth County. It comes from the thousands of ideas and images offered in the vision meetings sponsored by Envision 2030. Like all vision statements, the common vision isn't a laundry list of ideas. Rather, it is a broad but vivid description of the most common aspirations voiced in these meetings.
The next phase of Envision 2030 will build on the common vision by outlining a set of strategies for achieving these aspirations.
A Common Vision for Cumming-Forsyth County
Vision: Cumming-Forsyth County is a leader at defining and delivering a high quality of life.
Description:
In 2030, Cumming-Forsyth County is recognized as the community that does the best job of systematically improving the quality of life of its residents and those who work here. It does this in two ways. First, as a community it regularly reviews its quality of life and sets higher standards that serve as goals. Second, it finds creative ways of meeting these goals, including new means of paying for improvements.
Quality of life is defined broadly in Cumming-Forsyth County. It includes a thriving economy, a healthy environment, learning opportunities, arts and culture, recreation, human connectedness and community attractiveness, among other things.
A key to Cumming-Forsyth County's success is that it has successfully balanced economic and residential growth and has significantly improved the quality of life of its existing residents. One way it does this is by using state-of-the-art strategies for managing congestion and improving mobility.
A major element of quality of life is Cumming-Forsyth County's determination to be a community of lifelong learning, where children receive the best education in Georgia and adults learn actively into their retirement years. The learning takes place in classrooms — the Forsyth County School System is regarded as one of the best school systems in the country, and Cumming-Forsyth County has a superior four-year college that offers post-graduate courses — but also in the community itself. Cumming-Forsyth County has a number of institutions that help residents explore the world around them, including arts and cultural institutions and a renowned Lake Walk, which allows residents and visitors to learn about the lake's ecosystem.
You can also see Cumming-Forsyth County's high quality of life in its recreational offerings. There is an abundance of sports facilities and a network of bicycle and pedestrian trails. Cumming-Forsyth County is regarded as having the best recreational facilities of any county its size.
Among visitors, Cumming-Forsyth County is best known for Sawnee Mountain Preserve, which has become a community symbol. But as visitors learn, there's more to Cumming-Forsyth County than Sawnee Mountain. The community offers a year-round calendar of events and festivals that draws visitors to the area and keeps residents involved in community life.
The county is a significant employment center, with employers drawn by the community's superior work force and because workers elsewhere in the region are eager to work in Cumming-Forsyth County. The growth in employment does not come at the expense of the environment, however. On the contrary, Cumming-Forsyth County has emerged as a leader in protecting its natural environment.
Downtown Cumming is truly the heart of the county. It is where the governments are located and important community decisions made. It is a significant employment center, as well as an exciting place to shop and live. It is where numerous events and festivals are held. And it is the hub of an innovative county transit system that connects Forsyth County's major employment centers and relieves traffic congestion.
The result is that Cumming-Forsyth County is the nation's leader at providing an ever higher quality of life: an attractive, interesting, economically dynamic place that prizes learning and self improvement and welcomes visitors. | |
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