A vision, mission, principles, and overarching broad goals were developed to improve understanding of the purpose and intention of the effort.
Goal Statements
The following goal statements were developed after reviewing about 60 planning documents that are applicable to Chittenden County. These planning documents included municipal plans, regional and organizational plans, and state agency policy documents. In total, about 2,500 statements were collected. They covered the spectrum from very broad vision statements to specific objectives in a specific neighborhood. The first draft goals statements were reviewed by the ECOS Steering Committee and revised in a workshop on May 25, 2011. The revised comments were released for a public comment period from July 14 to September 30, 2011. 123 individual comments were received from 65 individuals during this period.
These goal statements and their structure have been revised resulting from the public review. They are intended to be broad in nature and to capture the implementation work that we will undertake to improve the future of Chittenden County. They will also be used to develop indicators that will gauge our progress towards achieving these goals and prioritize implementation actions. These goals may be revised as the process progresses and we identify improvements.