Fort Lauderdale: Our City, Our Vision
What is your vision for the future? Do you want Fort Lauderdale to be the "greenest" City in America? The best City of its size?
The Visioning Committee is leading a citywide initiative to determine what Fort Lauderdale residents want their city to be in the future. Neighbor input will be assembled into a vision plan that will be used to identify and prioritize future projects and guide spending.
Share Your Vision
Your participation is critical to the success of the visioning initiative. The City of Fort Lauderdale and the Visioning Committee want to hear from you. No idea is too big or too small, but we challenge residents to think outside the box and engage their neighbors in the process, so together we can develop a plan that reflects a vision for our entire community.
Next Steps
The City conducted initial outreach and hosted a series of public meetings for the visioning process late last year. You can review a draft report  that summarizes input received to date.
Moving forward, the City will continue to coordinate opportunities to engage residents and encourage public participation. Extensive public outreach will be conducted through the use of a website focusing on social ideation through crowd sourcing; telephone town hall meetings; and, the use of the "meeting in a box" to outreach to neighborhood and business associations, churches, high school and college classes, and advisory boards.
It is anticipated that the outreach efforts will continue through October 2012. After the public outreach phase, a citywide Neighbor Summit will be conducted in order to craft a Vision Statement. The Commission will be presented with a final report from the Visioning Committee early next year that they will review and consider for adoption.
In the meantime, if you have a great idea that you would like to share today, here are some ways you can get in touch with us:
- Send an e-mail with your ideas to visioning@fortlauderdale.gov
- Call the staff liaison, Jimmy Koeth, at (954) 828-5276
- Provide input at a Visioning Committee meeting. For more information, please see "Attend an Upcoming Visioning Committee Meeting" below.
Follow Our Progress
Neighbors are encouraged to follow us on Twitter or "like" us on Facebook to stay current on the visioning initiative and be notified of future opportunities to provide input and participate in the process.
About the Visioning Committee
The City Commission established the Visioning Committee to spearhead the community initiative to outline a vision for Fort Lauderdale’s future. The Committee is helping the City
effectively reach out to the community to seek input on the vision for Fort Lauderdale. The neighbor input will be used to craft a citywide vision that reflects the hopes and viewpoints of all stakeholders and will guide the City Commission in their future policy and decision-making.
Members of the Visioning Committee have diverse backgrounds and experience in civic involvement, banking, real estate, development, smart growth and local government.
Attend an Upcoming Visioning Committee Meeting
The Visioning Committee typically meets on the second Tuesday of each month at 4:00 p.m. in the 8th floor conference room of City Hall, located at 100 North Andrews Avenue.
Members of the public are encouraged to attend Committee meetings, which always include time for public input. If you are interested in attending a meeting to provide input, please consult a meeting agenda or contact the Committee liaison to confirm the date, time and location of the next meeting.
To review minutes from recent Visioning Committee meetings, or to check the date of the next meeting, please visit the Visioning Committee online agenda page.
Contact Information
For more information on the Visioning Committee, please contact the Committee staff liaison, Jimmy Koeth, at (954) 828-5276 or jkoeth@fortlauderdale.gov. |
