[Vision-l] Vision implementation comment period extended

[Imagine Columbia’s Future]

Hello, Vision Partners -

The public comment period for the draft Vision Implementation Report
has been extended from February 27 to 5 p.m., Friday, March 27, 2009. 
The following press release, which was sent yesterday afternoon,
outlines further details. Thank you for your continued input on
Columbia's vision process.  


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 19, 2009

Contact: Paula Hertwig Hopkins
Assistant City Manager
(573) 874-7214
								        
                              
City Council extends public comment on vision implementation report to
March 27    

(Columbia, MO) -- During its Feb. 16 meeting, City Council approved a
request by the Columbia Vision Commission (CVC) to extend the public
comment period on the draft Vision Implementation Report from Feb. 27 to
March 27. In a memo dated Feb. 16, 2009, Columbia Vision Commission
chair, Jeffrey Williams, Ph.D. requested the extension to allow time for
“a more thorough engagement of boards, commissions, citizen-centered
groups and individuals.”  

Compiled by local visioning consultant The Communications Center Inc.,
the draft implementation report includes an inventory of existing
efforts, an inventory of new resources needed to accomplish identified
goals and identification of organizations and entities that could be
involved in implementation. The Columbia Vision Commission will use the
implementation report as a tool for tracking vision progress and making
implementation recommendations to the City Council in two-year
increments.  

How to view the report

●	See the link on the city’s home page at www.GoColumbiaMo.com.
Click on the “Draft Vision  
                Implementation Report” link under
“announcements,” or; 
●	See the link on the Missourian Watchword Web site at
www.thewatchword.wordpress.com, or; 
●	Request your own printed copy ($21) or a CD ($1). Contact Renee
Graham, public communications           
                officer, at 874-7316 or at RYG at GoColumbiaMo.com, or; 
●	Inspect printed copies at the following locations:
o	Reception desk, main floor, City Hall, 701 E. Broadway
o	Columbia Public Library, 100 W. Broadway
	
Making comments

●	E-mail The Communications Center Inc. at
bdinfo at buildingdialogue.com, or;
●	Make anonymous comments online using one or more of the brief
surveys linked to the “Draft Vision 
                Implementation Report” under “announcements” on
the city’s home page at 
                www.GoColumbiaMo.com, or;   
●	Mail comments to The Communications Center Inc., 1905 Cherry
Hill Drive, Columbia, MO, 65203.
●	Comments are due by 5 p.m., Friday, March 27, 2009.