A community vision...

We began the first meeting of the Community Planning Committee by brainstorming and sharing our ideas of an "ultimate living experience". Our utopian community included affordable housing, accessible health care, and quality educational opportunities for everyone. We visualized a well trained, well compensated, and financially literate workforce. Our neighborhoods were free of crime, drugs, and violence, and all members of our community were safe and healthy. We also addressed environmental issues in our utopia, including a plan for sustainable growth, clean air, and water. Finally, the community we envisioned was also concerned about civic dialog, and valued cultural, religious and political diversity. I know, I know, a teensy bit unrealistic, but remember, it's supposed to be utopia...