Envision Planning and Implementation
Since Envision is about the future of Golden Valley, it was planned and implemented by citizens.
Through community groups and the City newsletter, organizers recruited volunteers with ideas and time to plan the Envision process. Mayor Linda Loomis and Golden Valley Rotary representative Don Anderson funneled the talents of more than 45 respondents into a 19-person Steering Committee and eight subcommittees. Within months, more than 60 citizens were involved in planning Envision events. These energetic, creative, and dedicated volunteers were the driving force behind Envision Golden Valley. [read more about Citizen Participation]
Community visioning is a way for all community members to share their ideas and views about the future of the place where they live, work, and play. Envision Golden Valley involved three phases:
- gathering ideas in six categories
- grouping, connecting, and prioritizing those ideas
- presenting a summary of grouped ideas to the community
Gathering Ideas
Using an inspirational scenario, the idea gathering phase incorporated three types of Envision events available to participants—the small-group Envision-In-A-Box meetings, the Internet-based Envision Online, and the large-scale Envision Summit. [read more about Envision events]
Grouping Ideas
When the idea-gathering phase was completed, a team of citizen volunteers worked to consider all ideas submitted and categorize them as visionary in nature or current problems. After grouping similar ideas to help identify themes, the team created vision statements, with the goal of presenting a refined vision to the community that first voiced the ideas.
Reporting Ideas
The Vision Guide reflects thousands of ideas, opinions, and statements from citizens who engaged in Envision Golden Valley. It unifies all this input into a shared community vision expressed as: "Creatively Connecting People and Places" and "Inspiring Care for Community."
