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Community visioning and input from citizens. <br /> <br />c. Strategic Focus Areas <br /> <br />Visions really are pictures that people create to describe <br />their community in the future. To make these pictures <br />become a reality, it is necessary to identify the strategic <br />focus areas, which are the predominant factors and issues <br />that must be addressed with informed and'decisive <br />'leadership direction if the visions are to be achieved. The <br />number of strategic focus areas affecting the future of a <br />community, tend to be relatively few in number. It is <br />important to identify them and understand how they must <br />be influenced and guided for the benefit of the community <br />and its future. <br /> <br />The following Strategic Focus Areas were identified: <br /> <br />(1) <br /> <br />Planned growth and development of the area of <br />what is currently referred to as outside the 2020 <br />Metropolitan Urban Service Area (MUSA). <br /> <br />(2) Residential redevelopment. <br /> <br />(3) Guide commercial success of Ramsey Town Center. <br /> <br />(4) Regional transportation systems. <br /> <br />(5) Protection and connection of greenway spaces. <br /> <br />(6) ActiVe recreational area expansion. <br /> <br />(7) Educational facility needs. <br /> <br />(8) Municipal facility and infrastructure needs. <br /> <br />(9) <br /> <br />Using riverfront property (Mississippi and Rum <br />Rivers). <br /> <br />Proposed Goals for the City of Ramsey. <br /> <br />Goals are written statements of specific outcomes or results to be achieved <br />through sound leadership direction and priorities for the community. The <br />criteria for goals are contained on page 27 of the participant workbook. <br />These goals serve as the targets around which means of accomplisl2rtent <br /> <br /> <br />