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• is based on a shared understanding of what the community desires for its future. 4111 • looks to current conditions and community traditions for clues to the most appropriate future. • orients the community to the future, even to a future that is twenty years distant. • requires imagination, recognizing that the direction it sets will become the reality of the future. • will be used as a tool for evaluating proposals, projects, ideas and new directions. • will be an anchor during conflict — a way of finding common ground and shared values. • becomes a basis for coordination and cooperation. • is a source of energy and enthusiasm for maintaining a commit- ment to the future of Monticello's downtown and riverfront. The vision statement provides a broad look at Monticello's downtown and Guiding Principles riverfront, and inspires the community to move forward. To further define the path to the area's future, principles were established to guide revitalization efforts. They represent the basic directions for the downtown and riverfront plan and begin to demonstrate the basis for resolving issues related to develop- ment and enhancement of the area and moving forward with consistency and coherency toward the vision. The principles that will guide this plan are: Commerce A good place to do business... • Downtown should be the place where the Monticello community con- • ducts its personal, professional and civic business activities. Even as other areas exist to provide goods and services, this area must be rec- ognized as the business center of Monticello. Downtown needs to attract and support quality businesses in an environment that allows them to thrive, and it needs to offer the range of goods and services that the growing community demands. Community A center for community... • Small towns need a heart, and for most, they find it in their down- towns. For Monticello, downtown should be its heart—and it should be the focus for community life. In downtown, the traditions of Monticello should be celebrated and new traditions of community started; people should be drawn here not only because of the goods and services available, but because of its role in binding together the peo- ple of the community in a place that reflects their spirit. Boundary and definition A compact center... • Downtown should feel like the"center" of the community. There must be a distinct boundary —once crossed, you are in downtown. Density of development in downtown will be the best boundary marker, as well as the strongest clues for arrival at the center. A boundary should be defined to encourage the best use of the limited available land, and the boundary should not be expanded simply for the sake of growth. • Rather, the boundary will reinforce the need to plan and build with A New Bridge • Revlta'Ding Mont!cello's Downtown and Rlvenfunt - Page 1:5