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rrhe 2001 Committee) 'lnc. The 2001 Committee needs you. Elk River, Minnesota 55330 Phone: 241-2720 1-800-433-5236 Fax: 241-2727 . 13880 I-lighway 1 0 We need you to help define the future of our community. As you know, we live in the fastest growing area in the State. We can just let it grow that way, or we can define the kind of community we want for the future, and make it happen. We have some timely help for such a project. The Central Minnesota Initiative Fund (CMIF) is willing to give us some funds, and some intensive training to get us going. Similar planning processes are already well underway in the Zimmerman-Livonia and Big Lake areas with the help of CMIF. The inclusion of Elk River would make a nice cluster of this kind of planning. A lot of efforts are already underway in this area. The CityotElk River has a comprehensive plan for land use, highways and parks, which will have to be updated soon. The 200l.Arts Alliance is planning fOLeP~rtsfE?~ljyal ~/1d an arts center. Pa~rs<for H~~ltt)y Communities and Youth Initiatives continue to effort to make this a good place for youth. The HRA is going through a visioning process for the downtown area. Dis.triS;:,t728,i$ pevelopingacGmpl'ehensive building plan. And undoubtedly, many other organizations are planning for the future. . Now is a good time to pull it all together. We want to involve all segments of the community, including the young and the old. And the CMIF philosophy is attractive, since it concentrates on the positive things that we have, and not just on what we need. We invite you to join us on a steering committee to make this happen. There will be some obligations. You would be expected to take part in some training for two full days in April, and five other full days over the next year. We expect this community development process to be challenging but also very rewarding. Our hope is that what we begin now can be sustained and continue to impact our community in positive ways for years to come. In order for that to happen, we need your involvement from the beginning. The 2001 Committee has been involved in a lot of planning events for the past fifteen years, but nothing like this. We are excited about the broad scope of this project and about the kind of support we can expect from CMI F. We are also impressed with the kind of progress that has already been made in the Zimmerman area using this process. For our own organization, we think it would be fitting to have the community finalize some comprehensive decisions about its future by the year 2001. One of our members will contact you in the near future to explore this idea further. Sincerely, ~~~~ Charlie Blesener, Chair The 2001 Committee, Inc. . "'Vision rmtf Yl.ction for tfie j'u.t:ure"