Iowa 2010 : the new face of Iowa / final report of the Governor's Strategic Planning Council, 2000

(2000) Iowa 2010 : the new face of Iowa / final report of the Governor's Strategic Planning Council, 2000. Governor's Office

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More than 100 Iowa volunteers served on the Council and its various committees and task forces. We welcomed the challenge you presented us in the Spring of 1999 - the challenge of determining what Iowa ought to be like and look like in 2010 and what we need to do to get there. Among other actions, the Council took the following steps: • grounded itself in Iowa values, • studied earlier state plans dating back to the 1930s, • reviewed recent planning done in other states, • listened to thousands of Iowans and numerous experts in dozens of forums, • communicated via the Internet with our native sons and daughters living elsewhere and • made a special effort to learn of the concerns and ideas of young Iowans. With limited time and resources, the Council tackled a truly lengthy list of issues, with no topic out of bounds. We developed a set of eight significant goals that we believe shape a vision for Iowa, accompanied by specific action steps that we feel are the most critical for achieving that vision.