Public
Communications
serves as a
communications link
between the city of
Columbia’s municipal
government and the
citizens. The Public
Communications Office
coordinates several
programs that are
designed to link citizens
with their city
government.
The Imagine Columbia's Future process demonstrated a collective desire for Columbia to be a connected, informed and engaged community. Now it's time to help turn vision goals into reality!
Implementation Reports
2009-2011 Implementation Tasks
Columbia Vision Commission Report - January 19, 2010
News & Events
Vision Facts
Community Engagement
Click here to view a draft ordinance that if adopted by the City Council would implement the Columbia Vision Commission and on the second link below to review a slide summarizing the ordinance. The ordinance is scheduled to be voted on during the City Council meeting on October 6, 2008.
- Visioning Citizen Topic Groups convened in January 2007 and worked through July 2007 to distill 1,500 community "big ideas" in a series of 43 goals and 128 strategies in 13 topic areas.
- A “Community Choices” workshop was held in September 2007 and the Vision Committee reviewed the plan in October 2007.
- The committee drafted and issued a final supplement in December 2007 and the Sponsor’s Council accepted the plan in January 2008.
- The Columbia City Council accepted the Final Vision Report February 4, 2008 and Sarah Read was contracted to serve as vision implementation consultant in April 2008.
- Sarah consulted with members of the City Council, former Sponsors’ Council and Visioning Committee, throughout April and May 2007 and made a preliminary report at the June 2008 City Council Retreat regarding an implementation plan and establishment of vision commission.
Archives from Imagine Columbia's Future visioning process
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