About us: Vision Report
This document tells a story...how the residents of the city developed a 20/20 Vision for Concord – a noble, logical diagram, inspiring in vision and clear in purpose, pointing the city toward the next 20 years and beyond. The 20/20 Vision for Concord has engaged the city's stakeholders – residents, businesspeople, City and State officials, and developers – in a community planning project that will enhance quality of life, manage growth, and provide a blueprint for lasting development as Concord enters the 21st Century.
Concord was, and, to a large extent remains, a city of villages set in an extraordinary natural landscape. Dialogue between the natural and built worlds continues to define the city as a unique community and sets the context for a 20/20 Vision. Concord's greatest physical assets are its Downtown and village centers, its older neighborhoods of frame houses served by schools and parks, and its natural landscape of river valleys, bluffs, lakes and woodlands. The middle landscape of suburban development and sprawling commercial growth has begun to blur the distinction between the built and the natural. At the core of the 20/20 Vision is a desire to manage growth, enhance the existing villages and Downtown, and maintain the high quality of life in Concord. Five Vision Principles have emerged from this planning process. These Principles will guide decision-making in the city for the coming years and provide a framework for change and growth in Concord.
