* will have an education system that produces globally
competitive education/training which enables all our citizens to meet
their highest potential and our employers to be productive;
* will have a safe, healthy and
family-oriented community with self-sufficient,
involved people and appropriate infrastructure
to enhance its beauty, natural resources and environment;
* will attract, support and expand targeted industries by developing
and maintaining a positive business environment;
* will develop efficient and effective infrastructure
that promotes economic development and enhances the environment, quality
of life and aesthetics;
* will create effective and efficient Bay County government
that consolidates the provision of key public services in a manner most
responsive to the needs and desires of the citizens; and
* will have private sector leadership that takes
responsibility for making Bay County what we want it to be.
Our citizens and the community will develop and use these core values
as the guideposts while we pursue our interdependent Visions and
Strategies. Core Values are character traits that guide in daily
decisions: