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<br />· No restaurants <br />· Little public use/access to rivers <br />· Lots of sandy soils not good for fanning <br />· Lots of open land for a variety of activities <br />· Hard to get to and from <br />· Bedroom community <br />· Lots of children and families <br />· Native and endangered species and wildlife <br />· Overpopulated schools <br />· Respectful of the individual <br />· Growing industrial sector <br />· Lack of code enforcement <br />· Needs more money for education system (to suppon large youth population) <br /> <br />We have generally summarized the characteristics of Ramsey as follows: <br /> <br />Ramsey is: <br />· Young families. <br />· A place where urban lifestyle meets rural. <br />· A clean and safe community. <br />· A wealth of natural resources and open space. <br />· A bedroom community. <br />· A community with some negative aspects to overcome (landfill, used car lots, junk <br />cars, billboards). <br /> <br />VISIONING EXERCISE - What does this place want to be? <br /> <br />In the Visioning Exercise the small groups were asked to identify, both individually and <br />as a group, what characteristics comprise a vision for the future community of Ramsey? <br />Each small group discussed their visions, arrived at five conclusions and presented their <br />characteristics at the "Vision Wall". Some groups identified the same characteristics. <br />The following is a verbatim list of those characteristics as categorized by the large group: <br /> <br />Housing <br />· Encourage owner occupied housing <br />· Maintain large lots/cluster housing <br />· Keep owner occupied housing <br />· Diverse housing <br />· Preserve housing choice <br />· Housing diversity <br />· Owner occupied singlef~ly homes only! no mobile homes <br />· Diverse housing <br />· No mobile homes and a larger minimum square foot requirement for new homes <br />· Single family homes <br /> <br />Natural Resources <br />· Preserve greenspace <br />· Preservation of natural reSources <br /> <br />Page 2 <br /> <br />Ramsey Vision Session Report <br />