Vision 2030 Oversight Committee (Metropolitan Report, v3 #4)
Winter 2002-03
Vision 2030 Oversight Committee Preparing Final Report, Recommendations for Implementation
For more than a year, the Vision 2030 team has been hard at work, learning what the residents of the region care about, taking that knowledge, and preparing recommendations for implementation.
Donald C. Fry (right), President of the Greater Baltimore Committee, served as Chair of the Vision 2030 Oversight Committee, and will present a report on Vision 2030 at the February 25 Breakfast Seminar.The Vision 2030 Oversight Committee, a body of individuals representing citizens, businesses and special interest groups, used the core values developed during the public participation phase of the process to create vision statements and strategies. The visions are organized into six broad areas:
- Economic Development
- Education
- Environment
- Government and Public Policy
- Livable Communities
- Transportation
A random telephone survey was conducted over the summer to test the degree to which the core values and supporting strategies resonated with the general public. The 1,203 households, chosen to represent all jurisdictions and reflect the region’s diversity, strongly supported the results of the public participation process.
Implementation of the visions and strategies will prove to be a comprehensive undertaking, requiring a carefully calibrated process to energize the region and maximize economic and organizational resources, while calling upon the public and private sectors for necessary support. Creating a structure for implementation will require more than just the efforts of elected officials. The Vision 2030 Oversight Committee recognized that challenge and has recommended, in its final report, the formation of an entity to facilitate implementation. The final form of such an entity requires an understanding of how to involve business, government and foundations in funding such an effort.
Implementation of the visions and strategies will prove to be a comprehensive undertaking, requiring a carefully calibrated process to energize the region and maximize economic and organizational resources, while calling upon the public and private sectors for necessary support. Creating a structure for implementation will require more than just the efforts of elected officials. The Vision 2030 Oversight Committee recognized that challenge and has recommended, in its final report, the formation of an entity to facilitate implementation. The final form of such an entity requires an understanding of how to involve business, government and foundations in funding such an effort.
The Oversight Committee reviewed best practices in other regions that have engaged in visioning activities, and is recommending an integrated and collaborative approach to implement Vision 2030 in the Baltimore region.
The Oversight Committee, restructured to include representatives of other organizations likely to play a role in implementing the vision, asks the Greater Baltimore Committee to facilitate a 120-day process to organize and structure the implementation of Vision 2030
The Greater Baltimore Committee, working with the restructured Oversight Committee, is asked to:
- Identify the most appropriate way to involve business, government, and foundations in funding the effort;
- Conduct an inventory of organizations already addressing strategies articulated in the vision;
- Recommend how such organizations can be integrated into the implementation of the vision;
- Engage area elected officials in a one-on-one dialogue on how best to connect implementation of the vision with the governmental decision-making process; and
- Recommend a structure, staffing and governance for the implementation effort.
The Vision 2030 Oversight Committee’s report will be presented to the Baltimore Regional Transportation Board in February.
Posted: 01/23/2003
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