EDH 2025 Annual Report Jan 06_Dec 07

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1. 'reface With a unique blend of cultural diversity, physical beauty, and historical importance, Downtown Hilo truly is the `Heart of Hilo'. Nestled between Mauna Kea and Hilo Bay, our coastal town navigates a host of challenges — promoting economic vitality, managing growth, preserving our environment, strengthening and sustaining our community, promoting health and safety, and enhancing education, culture, and the arts. EnVision Downtown Hilo 2025: A Community -based Vision and Living Action Plan (EDH 2025) embodies a shared, unified vision achieved through collaboration and community involvement. It is a community's attempt to articulate its dreams for the future and to use those dreams as the foundation for building partnerships and leadership capacity in order to achieve their vision. EDH 2025 is a model project which can assist other communities to actively participate in implementation of their own community plans. In January, 2006, the EDH 2025 VisionKeepers formed in recognition of the need for a committee to ensure implementation of the Living Action Plan The original Living Action Plan lists 6 Focus Area Groups, 29 Strategies and 72 Actions. Currently, 28 individuals and organizations, both public and private, have committed to the role of Lead Solution Partner for one or more Actions. Central to implementation of EDH 2025 is the collaboration between new and old partners. As part of the Goals described in the following section, the VisionKeepers are responsible for developing and presenting an annual progress report highlighting achievements during the initial Implementation Phase. This first Annual Report outlines the VisionKeepers' major accomplishments during their first 1 1/2 years as they shepherd this organic, authentic, Community -based Vision towards the year 2025. EDH 2025 Annual Report Jan 2006 —June 2007 Page 1.