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CHAPTER 3: THE GREENSBORO VISION

COMPONENTS OF THE PLAN
GSO2040 expresses the community’s vision for what it wants to be in 2040 and
creates a broad framework of policies for achieving that vision. These policies are
based on extensive public input and conversation, a review of data about the current
state of the City, alignment of existing plans from City departments, collaboration
with community partners, and a review of current trends affecting cities across the
country. The Plan uses several key pieces to describe our current values, the vision of
what we want to achieve, and the goals and strategies we will use to get there.

Our Plan includes the following components:

Our Values are the aspirations that are most important to
Values the community today and were produced by thoroughly
analyzing public input and priorities.

Our Vision creates a picture of what we want to be true
Vision Statement of our community in 20 years based on input from the
public and from the City’s leadership.

Our Six Big Ideas are the heart of the Plan. Extracted
The Six Big from our Vision, our Six Big Ideas incorporate our shared
values and define the goals and strategies that make up
Ideas the policies that will move us towards realization of our
Vision.

Anticipated Our Future Land-Use Maps, based on the policies in the
Plan, are used to guide future land-use decisions for
Land-Use Maps rezoning, annexation, and capital investment.

Our implementation strategy includes annual updates
Implementation and work plans that focus on high-priority components of
the Plan.

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