»What is the role of Vision 2020?
- Identify and support effective regional strategies
- Encourage regional alignment of resources and initiatives to the long-term vision
- Advocate for the need to address key issues
- Convene the public to build a will for change
»How will this help the region economically?
Successful regions with alignment to a long term vision and with networks for collaborative leadership are more competitive, learn faster, spot opportunities more quickly, and benefit from coordinated activities and the use of shared resources.
»What are the five pillars?
21st Century Talent
Competitive Business Climate
Entrepreneurship
Infrastructure
Quality of Life
»What are the 10 counties involved?
Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Huntington, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben, Wabash, Wells, Whitley
»Who funds Vision 2020?
Vision 2020 Facilitation: The facilitation of Vision 2020 is managed by the Northeast Indiana Fund, a supporting organization of the Northeast Indiana Regional Partnership, and funded with the support of local and regional foundations. For a list of these supporting foundations, see the Vision 2020 Overview.
Vision 2020 Initiatives: As Vision 2020 continues, regional stakeholders will work to identify partners to own and shepherd the transformative initiatives prioritized during the process. Funding for these initiatives will be secured through a collaboration of regional leadership.
»What is this blog for?
This blog will be the place to go to find out what is happening next with Vision 2020. It will be the place to find inspiration for what our region can be and information about how to make Northeast Indiana stronger. This will be the place we begin to change the story we tell about ourselves. Know something great happening in the region? We want to know! Tell us about it by clicking through the Idea or Story buttons in the Share box on the right side of the page.
