>Am I missing some? I think the best thing true visionaries can do is
>develop an overall vision for the future of Moscow, set priorities, and then
>mobilize groups to act on those priorities, bringing in people outside the
>internet, such as church groups or other existing organizations.
This is a reasonable strategy for vision2020. And yet, vision2020
is not enough. There needs to be a formal land/quality-of-life
advocacy group that is willing to challenge the system that is
forever changing the community (for worse, IMO). Vision2020 must
stay reasonably neutral and focus on a "soft" approach to change.
The advocacy group,on the other hand, should take a "harder" approach
by challenging reckless development and/or policies on the part of the
city/county. The watchdog function performed by this group cannot be
handled by the existing organizations for various reasons.
Until such a group is in place, there will be little substantive
change in current city/county development/quality-of-life policies.
Experience tells us that it will take a major crisis to get this
group started. By then, it may be too late. That, sadly, is
human nature.
-- Greg Brown (gregb@siu.edu) Dept. of Forestry Southern Illinois University Carbondale, IL 62901-4411 (618) 453-7465 FAX: (618) 453-7475