Vision 2025

Vision 2025

Vision 2025 – The Process

Vision 2010, a document created in 2000 and 2001 by citizens, local business leaders, government officials and professional planners, provided critical guidance to Freeport over the last 10 years. The recommendations of Vision 2010 have largely been realized, and, it is now time to look ahead at the next decade and beyond.

Vision 2010 focused on Freeport’s Village districts but the next project will take in a larger view, including all of the business areas in town.

The new project, Vision 2025, will provide a framework for development that will be based on our current assets, our future objectives and what we will need to do and to create to achieve those objectives.

Vision 2025 is needed to focus our attention and energies on collective priorities. It will cover a broad range of interests to include (but not be limited to)

·Expanding on and enhancing the quality, outdoor lifestyle brand already developed by L.L.Bean and others

·Support and retention of quality businesses

·Consideration of a connection to the water

·Development of a local transportation system with regional connections

·Enhancement of our business-friendly image

·Other priorities as determined from business and community leaders and citizens

Dale Olmstead has agreed to be the project champion and will meet with town leaders, assist with raising monies to fund the project, and direct the project’s progress.

Two meetings were scheduled (September 29 and October 27) to gather ideas about appropriate areas of interest. These ideas will be reviewed and used to construct a Request for Proposal (RFP) which will be sent to a variety of consulting firms. From the proposals received one consultant will be selected to coordinate the project. Freeport citizens and businesses will be involved in developing the recommendations that will be part of the final report. FEDC plans to have the project completed by September 2012.

Vision 2025 will be collaborative and, with the involvement from Freeport’s leaders and citizens, will result in a finished blueprint for future success.

Understanding Freeport’s “Vision” process

- what yesterday tells us about tomorrow…

When the Vision 2010 Intiative was undertaken it represented a huge commitment of time, treasure and talent on the behalf of dedicated volunteers, property and business owners, the Town, and the community. Working with astute professionals a detailed plan was forged that was practical, doable, and most importantly – successful.

There is a wealth of wisdom contained in the pages of Vision 2010 that still applies today. Vision 2010 outlined a journey for Freeport, which continues today. Vision 2025 will outline the next steps in that constant journey. What we discovered, addressed, and learned from Vision 2010 creates the perfect cornerstone for Vision 2025.

Therefore we have included the entire Vision 2010 findings here. We encourage anyone who is genuinely interested in a brighter future for Freeport through Vision 2025 to spend some time reading the Vision 2010 findings. You’ll be very interested in what you find. Download Vision 2010 Full Report

Vision 2025 Project Time Schedule

2011-2012

September-October Initial idea meetings leading to the RFP

November Develop RFP

November 22 FEDC Meeting and comments from Town Councilors, the FEDC

Directors and the public

Mid December

Submit draft RFP to the FEDC board for review and approval

December Finalize RFP

January, early Send RFP to list of consultants

February 15 Proposals due, committee reviews and prepares recommendation to FEDC board

February 28 Board selects consultant