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INTRODUCTION <br />ry plan dreams of being held and cradled in <br />meone's arms. <br />,alts for that moment when a miracle worker is inspired by what he or she has read <br />a� J commits to an action identified in the Plan. It could be a small visible action that is <br />organized and accomplished simply, inexpensively, and quickly — ideally in less than <br />one year; what we call an "Easy Win ". Or, it could be the first step of a major or a long -range action. It <br />is a memorable moment, when you can point to an action in the Plan and say, someone has started to <br />work on this .... Our Vision is becoming a reality! <br />The Hawaii County Council adopted the EnVision Downtown Hilo 2025: Community -Based Vision and <br />Living Action Plan (EDH 2025) by Resolution 192 -05 in November, 2005. The Friends of Downtown Hilo <br />Steering Committee (Friends) with the guidance of vision expert and long -range Planner, Steven Ames, <br />facilitated the creation of the Community -Based Vision and Living Action Plan by asking the community a <br />series of questions: Where are we now; Where are we going; Where do we want to be; How will we get <br />there; and Are we getting there? The Friends learned that if our Plan was to remain living and not <br />simply sitting on our shelf, the last two questions needed to be answered. Adoption of the Plan <br />represented a significant new beginning for the creation of a successor Vision Implementation <br />Committee (now called the EDH 2025 VisionKeepers). The Friends recognized that a new level of <br />The VisionKeepers' Guide to Implementing Your Community Plan Page ix <br />