Noting “the danger … in trying to accomplish too much and ultimately accomplishing too little,” Envision Central Texas has identified seven priority issues for the group to tackle in detail:

  • Integrate transportation and land-use planning
  • Help communities integrate regional economic goals into their local business development efforts
  • Seek a better geographic balance of jobs and housing throughout the region
  • Highlight positive examples of increased density and mixed use achieved by public-private partnerships and local planning processes (e.g., Mueller)
  • Develop a plan for funding the acquisition and preservation of open space, a top priority in the ECT process
  • Help communities close the gaps between more- and less-privileged citizens
  • Recognize other projects that offer “best practices for achieving the regional vision.”

    Each of these areas will be the charge of a

    new subcommittee including both ECT board members and other community leaders; the group is currently recruiting co-chairs to lead these committees.

    This article appears in May 14 • 2004.

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