20 - Year Growth Plan - City of Kendleton

2.0 Vision and Goals OverviewDuring a total of four meetings spaced throughout the project timeline, EHRA and TEEXencouraged all the various participants to dream about Kendleton’s future. Imagine thatthere are no barriers to what the future could be. How has the community’s heritagebeen preserved? What does Kendleton physically look like? How does Kendleton feelabout itself? These and many other critical questions began the thought processes andformed the basis for all dialog about the 20-Year Growth Plan components.2.1 Public Outreach - First MeetingThe first community outreach meeting was held on July 23, 2011 and attended by 63guests. Facilitators from both EHRA and TEEX held discussion groups which rotatedthrough topics on existing and future Kendleton. After visiting each topic station, allattendees were able to discuss both positive and negative aspects of their existingcommunity as well as hopes and concerns for their future.Figure 2-1: July 23, 2011 Public outreach meeting photosUsing a marker-based voting system, participants placed sticker dots to mark aspects ofthe community they felt were most important to address within the Plan. Voting wasdivided into Existing Conditions and Future Needs/Concerns. The results tabulated belowindicate a fairly even distribution of concerns at first glance. However, there were fourcategories of importance imbedded within the voting blocks:• Development Needed – business growth and new jobs• Community Character – the feel of Kendleton• Infrastructure – backbone of existing and new development• Public Safety – emergency services20-Year Growth Plan 5