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1. Topeka, Kansas: Heartland
Visioning
2010
Report
to the community.
June 29, 2011 Mars Chocolate announces they
will build a $250 million manufacturing plant in Topeka.
more
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Original Vision
2008 |
2. Jefferson County, TN: Building a Better
Future Progress Report
2011.
The "Building
A Better Future" strategic plan completed in December 2007 made job
creation the #1 priority. In 2008 the Chamber of Commerce created a
Public-Private partnership, raised nearly $2.5 million over 5 years
and hired staff for the county's first ever economic development
program. Through May 2011
the Economic Development program has recruited 2 new businesses with
759 total employment and annual total payroll of $16.4 million. The
total tourism impact through July 2011 is projected at $1.14 million.
All this & more from the first 2 years of Economic Development funding
from the Public-Private partnership of $480,000. Jefferson is
adjacent to Knoxville, TN and has a
population of 52,000. Click
here for the Jefferson County Chamber web site.
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Original Vision
2007 |
3. Polk County, Florida:
Refreshed Vision
2011. The new
University campus received $35 million
in funding for buildings.
News Release
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Original Vision
2004 |
4.
Mobile, Alabama: Envision Coastal
Alabama
2011. The major
development is the $5.2 billion ThyssenKrupp (TK) Steel and
Stainless complex that reached significant milestones in 2010, and
is now producing carbon and stainless steel. Named one of the
nation’s largest private economic development projects, the two
plants, both located on one site, will ultimately generate 2,700
permanent jobs. The sites have a current workforce of more than
1,800.
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Original Vision
1997 |
5. Jacksonville,
Florida: Blueprint
2010
Annual Report. Personal per capita
income in the greater Jacksonville metropolitan
area exceeded that of the Orlando, Tampa, Raleigh, Charlotte and
Atlanta metropolitan areas in 2007-2009. See
Chart. The murder rate per 100,000
population declined 35% from 13.9 in 2009 to 9.0 in 2010.
The infant death rate per 1,000 live births declined 27% from
11.6 in 2005 to 8.4 in 2009.
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Original Vision
1983
Original Vision 1988
Original Blueprint
2006 |
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6.
Wichita, Kansas
MSA:
see
2009
revision to Visioneering Wichita. |
Original Vision
2004 |
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7. Paulding
County, Georgia: New Paulding
Northwest Atlanta
Airport, 2 industrial parks, new medical campus, film studio,
and historic preservation. (Georgia Trend article
June 2011), also see
2006 &
2007 annual reports.
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Original Vision
2002
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8.
Schuylkill County, PA:
June-July 2011 News, go to
Newsletters
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Original Vision
1997 |
9.
Cabarrus County, NC: In 2005
David
Murdock
announced plans
for a $1.5 billion
research
campus. The
campus was opened on October 20, 2008. This is a link to a recent
video about the park.
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Original Vision
2001 |
10. Minot, ND:
Minot has been in the news in 2011 because of a record breaking flood.
However the Minot story is much more involved. The Minot Micropolitan
Statistical Area at $43,419 has the 18th highest Personal Per Capita
Income out of 576 US Micro MSA's. The unemployment rate in May 2011
was 2.8%. Minot State University has 3,866 students with 896 from
out-of-state or 21.7% of enrollment. June 14, 2011 Minot city voters
extended a 1-cent sales tax for infrastructure by a nearly 70 %
positive vote. This is an extension of a long term local tax for
additional water supply from a water basin 60 miles south. The latest
income and job growth results from oil exploration and production from
the Bakken formation using new hydraulic fracturing technology. The US
could use ND as an example of how to increase job growth and reduce
our dependence on imported energy. Minot Air Force base had 5,015 jobs
in 2009 and is growing.
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Original Vision
1998
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11.
Raleigh-Cary, NC MSA: The Raleigh MSA cumulative job loss since
peak number of jobs in 2007 has been -3.72% compared to the US at
-5.04%. Non seasonally adjusted data. See
Chart
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Original Vision
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| Henry Luke created the
Community Vision Process and facilitated the first Vision in Jacksonville, Florida in
1983. Since then, he has facilitated Community
Vision or Community Strategic Planning
in over sixty
communities in eighteen states or countries.
The communities have varied
geographically from Spokane, WA to Memphis, TN; Minot, ND; Richmond, VA; Schuylkill, PA;
Curaco, Netherlands Antilles
and varied in size from metro Atlanta to Gillette, WY.
Review the Vision\Strategic Plans of 60 communities by following this
link. The process includes a proven Collaborative Implementation concept.
Vision Partners and
strategic alliances adopt strategies and develop benchmarks for accountability and action
steps for implementation. For more information on
the process, click on any of the links below listed under
"The
Visioning Process Described:".
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