St. Lucie has a VISION for its future. This VISION for Fort Pierce, Port St. Lucie, St. Lucie Village and the unincorporated areas defines the St. Lucie of 2010 and beyond. This VISION provides:

  • An education system and business partnership that provides a work force competitive in the global economy;

  • An uncompromised quality of life for all ages and cultures to live, learn, work, and play;

  • A public/private partnership that creates a political and business climate conducive to economic development and high quality job growth while protecting our natural environment;

  • Infrastructure that supports the education, quality of life, and economic development VISIONS;

  • Streamlined government with minimum duplication of services; and

  • A public/private partnership providing the leadership to achieve our shared VISION for education, quality of life, . economic development, infrastructure, and government,
     

This VISION was developed based on the "strategic thinking" of two groups. The gen­eral public was invited to a Visioning Sum­mit on March 18, 1995. Approximately 140 citizens provided input and helped to define the beginnings of our VISION.

In addition to the Visioning Summit, a 171 member Task Force, individuals from throughout the county with diverse back­grounds and a broad range of knowledge, met in April and May of 1995. This Task Force used input from the Visioning Summit and other sources in order to develop draft: Benchmarks by which to measure our progress; VISIONS for Education, Quality of Life, Economic Development, Infrastructure, Government, and Leadership; and Strategies further defining these VISIONS. The media involved every interested citizen through its coverage. On June 22. 1995 a town meeting gave everyone a final opportunity to provide input for our VISION.

This VISION is a picture of the St. Lucie of the future; a county and cities which approach 2010 with the competitive advan­tage to provide its citizens with the quality of life they expect and deserve. The VISION is bold. The Fort Pierce Tribune called the VISION "the collective wisdom and dreams of a lot of people. who have through their lead­ership experience shown their personal desire to make the county a better place in which to live and work." The VISION will become reality as it is shared by the citizens and organizations of the county. The Port St. Lucie News recognized that we are "All part of a countywide 'visioning process' trying to come up with a blueprint to improve the economy and quality of life."

We invite each of you to adopt this VISION and identify individual strategies that you will commit to make reality.

 
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