Envisioning a Town with Character.

 The Idea of Vision. 

The vision of a character town is an image of the future in your mind; a visual picture, probably in color, possibly a video. It is inspirational; it is motivational. With a consensus vision of the town’s future, the community’s dreams are more likely to be realized. 

The community’s vision, when linked by the town’s leaders to its civic pride, drives everything. One vision of a character town could be: Our town is an interesting, pleasant and prosperous place to live. Pleasant conveys many images of a place to live a good life. Likewise, prosperous presumes people have jobs with wages sufficient to support a good life; not necessarily a wealthy one, but substantial enough to provide a decent and safe home, a reasonable quality of life and an education for their children.