20 - Year Growth Plan - City of Kendleton

2.2 Community Planning TeamFollowing the first public outreach meeting, TEEX assembled selected members from theCommunity Planning Team as well as additional business leaders and Fort Bend Countyeconomic development professionals on September 20, 2011 for a special visioningexercise. The input and results from the outreach exercises grew into a strong desire toreframe the discussion and talk about possibilities for the future. During a full morningof discussion, the following goals were identified:• Kendleton will embrace debate and the democratic process• The community’s churches are united and working together• Kendleton is a place for children to play, safely and securely• Maintain and enhance the community’s heritage• Kendleton wants to be visually attractive which will yield pride in the community• Show leadership in environmental issues by adopting new standards• Kendleton will manage its own destiny. “We are Kendleton, and this is where weare going.”Figure 2-6: Community Planning Team meetingTEEX facilitated an extraordinary visioning exercise where each participant made adeclaration about what Kendleton would look like in less than 10 years. The participant’senergy was infectious and solidified some very strong visions and goals for Kendleton’sfuture. TEEX then synthesized the meeting’s feedback to create a matrix of goals andpriorities which would be reviewed at the next meeting.20-Year Growth Plan 7