San Joaquin Valley Regional Blueprint
Thank you to everyone who joined us for the Visioning Phase Wrap-up Workshop at the Visalia Convention Center. Over 150 Citizens of Tulare County voted on what matters most to them! Click here to view the polling data collected at the event. We look forward to receiving your input in later phases of the project. Click here to see articles printed in our local papers. Tulare County Association of Governments (TCAG) is one of eight Councils of Government that will collaboratively develop the San Joaquin Valley Regional Blueprint. In conjunction with Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Merced, San Joaquin, and Stanislaus Councils of Government, the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District and the Great Valley Center, TCAG will be establishing the valley-wide 50-year vision that the Blueprint is to represent. Three quality of life outcomes, called the 3Es, are stated goals for the Blueprint: a prosperous economy, a quality environment, and social equity. The 3Es are goals we think we can achieve as a valley by integrating our respective local plans in transportation, housing, land use, environmental resources, infrastructure, and other services into a cooperative valley-wide document. With grant funds now totaling approximately $4.5 million, $4 million from Governor Schwarzenegger’s office and $500,000 from the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District, the Blueprint will be a comprehensive scenario planning document that takes into account all of the changes that we are likely to see in the valley over the next fifty years. Tulare County will receive approximately $500,000 in funds for its part in the Blueprint and will actively seek out public involvement in the process. Using a bottom-up approach, TCAG will utilize valuable public input and facilitate dialogue among communities, cities,and counties. The Blueprint’s plans for accommodating future growth and improving quality of life will be designed for implementation at the local level. "Our 50-year vision process will provide our cites and communities a guide to planning, managing growth, and resource protection for three generations through public and private participation, collaboration, and partnership,” stated Ted Smalley, Assistant Executive Secretary of TCAG. This process has already begun and will continue through September 2008. For further information, comments, or questions, please contact: TCAGBlueprint@co.tulare.ca.us
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