Community Visioning is both a process and a statement. The initial process includes discovering the kind of future your community wants by giving your residents the opportunity to express their goals, objectives, and values honestly. Through this discovery, residents are given a platform to discuss what they would like their community to look and feel like within the next five to 10 years and come to a mutually agreed upon Vision.
But talking about a Vision only goes so far. The second part of a community Vision is solidifying it into a statement. That statement represents the goals and objectives of the community and includes a consensus of what the community will look and feel like in the future.
The Vision statement is then used to guide strategic planning, decision making, and government officials who are responsible for directing the future of an entity, an area or region, a city, a county, or even a state.