THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Friday, March 22, 1996 TAG: 9603200170
SECTION: CHESAPEAKE CLIPPER PAGE: 06 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: BY ELIZABETH THIEL, STAFF WRITER
LENGTH: Short : 47 lines
More than a year ago, a group of city leaders got together at the behest of the mayor and developed a vision for the city's future:
Chesapeake's diverse citizenry and representative leadership will work to provide an excellent quality of life and growth opportunities for Chesapeake residents and businesses. Balancing environmental concerns, technological development and regional cooperation, Chesapeake will continue to be a healthy, aesthetically pleasing, progressive community in which to live and to thrive.
The top issues facing the city, the group said, were growth opportunities, quality of life, technology, the environment and regional cooperation.
Now Mayor William E. Ward has asked the task force to convene again and finish its work, developing specific recommendations for how to address those issues over the next five years.
Timothy H. Kerr, provost of Tidewater Community College's Chesapeake campus and chairman of the Mayor's Long Range Study Task Force, is looking for volunteers to sit on subcommittees that will examine each of the five main issues.
``The final product will probably be a list of three to five objectives that will need to be achieved to make the vision happen,'' Kerr said. ``That will then be given to the City Council to make it happen.''
Kerr wants 100-125 volunteers, about 25 on each subcommittee.
``We're not going to cap it, but that's the ideal number,'' he said.
The groups will meet four times beginning in mid-April, he said.
He expects to issue a final report to City Council by June.
Among the issues the subcommittees will address: luring new businesses and residents, while preserving green space and keeping the city attractive; providing more recreation opportunities for citizens; and developing parks and keeping air and water clean. MEMO: For more information about volunteering, call Kerr at TCC at 549-5201.
Or call the city clerk and ask to be put on the list for the Mayor's
Long Range Study Task Force, 547-6151.
by CNB