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Community Visioning Explained The visioning process used for Downtown Hilo is based on the "Oregon Model of Community Visioning" as featured in A Guide to Community Vsioning: Hands-on lnformotion for Loco/Communities, published by the Oregon Chapter of the American Planning Association (1993, 1998). Steven Ames, author of the Guide, Visioning: A process through is the developer of the Oregon Model and has worked with numerous which any community can communities across the U.S. as well as in Canada, Australia and New envision the future it wants, Zealand. plan how to achieve it, and begin to implement it. Steven's Oregon Model of Community Visioning is similar to the Through visioning, a commu- strategic planning process that businesses, government, and nity answers the following questions: Where are we organizations use to assess effectiveness and to strategize goals. An now? Where are we going? important difference is that in community visioning the entire community Where do we want to be? must be involved, included, and on board. Steven Ames' Oregon How do we get there? And Model of Community Visioning follows five basic steps. Each of the finally, Are we getting there? steps has three components: a driving question; one or more activities through which the community can respond to that question; and an end product that leads to the next step. The five driving questions, "Where are we now?" "Where are we going?" "Where do we want to be?" "How do we get there?" and "Are we getting there?" lead the community logically to a final vision and action plan and on to implementation. The choice of activities used in each step depends on the community and the organizers of the visioning process. The activities may include surveys, public Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Driving Question: Driving Question: Driving Question: Driving Question: Driving Question: Where are we now? Where are we going? Where do we How do we get there? Are we getting there? want to be? Community Profile Trends Analysis Vision Statement Action Plan Implementation and Monitoring O f Activity: Activity: Activity: Activity: Activity: Collect Descriptive Collect Trend Consider Possible and Develop Goals, Implement the Vision and Information Information Preferred Scenarios Strategies, and Actions Action Plan End Product: End Product: End Product: End Product: End Product: Community Values Probable Scenario Community Vision Action Plan Matrix Community Indicators and Benchmarks Steven Ames Planning©2005 3