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Chapter 4: Vision, Goals, & Implementation Strategies
LOOKING TO THE FUTURE
Implementation of this plan is based on the developed mission statement, vision statement, goals, and implementation
strategies. Each plays a significant role in ensuring that this plan becomes a useful tool in moving the Titusville area
towards meeting its current and future recreational needs.
Mission Statement
One of the recommendations of this Plan was the creation of a new intergovernmental commission. As of the writing
of this report that commission has been created and is called the Titusville Area Leisure Services Commission. It
replaces the former Titusville Leisure Services Board (TLSB). The new Commission will develop its own Mission
Statement based on the purposes described in the intergovernmental agreement.
Vision Statement
The vision statement paints a picture of where the Titusville area wants its recreation, parks, and open space to be
five to ten years down the road. The vision statement anticipates what the municipalities and the school district
would like to achieve or accomplish in parks and recreation in the long-term. It is intended to be more visionary than
specific. Some of the thoughts and ideas described in the vision statement will be easy to accomplish in a relatively
short amount of time. Other parts of it will require greater effort to achieve.
The vision statement has been created based primarily on the public input and the inventory and analysis of recreational
resources. The Study Committee played a key role in identifying the vision for the future.
It was developed as the consultant worked with the study committee to analyze the results of the public participation
process, including study and focus group meetings, public input sessions, key person interviews, and the results of
the recreation questionnaire. During the course of this analysis, the committee and the consultant identified common
elements that were consistently mentioned in various forms of public participation as well as through the inventory
and analysis process. These issues and ideas were developed into the narrative that describes the vision for the future
of recreation, parks, and open space in the Titusville area.
Goals
The key issues that were used to develop the vision statement have been refined into a series of goals that are intended
to move the region toward fulfilling its vision. The goals are broad in nature, designed to be all-encompassing, and
based upon community ideas and issues raised through the planning process. The goals reflect the themes that
were identified through the public input process and illustrated in the vision statement. These goals also provide the
organizational structure for the implementation of the recommendations and direction for the future of recreation,
parks, and open space in the Titusville area. The implementation strategies of this plan are organized according to the
goal statements developed following the visioning process.
Implementation Strategies/Recommendations
The recommendations are detailed implementation strategies that are described under individual goals. Information
collected through both the public participation process and the professional assessment was utilized to develop these
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