Contents Figures ix Tables xi Foreword xiii Acknowledgments xv Contributors xvii 1. Introduction by Roger L. Kemp 1 2. Bellingham 2000 Project - An Experiment in Midsize Community Planning by Skip Everitt 7 3. Charlotte-Mecklenburg 2005 Plan - Managing Through Strategic Planning by Martin R. Cramton, Jr. and Carol Stealey Morris 15 4. Putting Strategic Planning to Practical Use in Cleveland Heights by Richard V. Robinson and Douglas C. Eadie 22 5. Clifton Prepares for the 1990s - The Future Vision Project by Roger L. Kemp 31 6. Duarte's Resurgence - Strategic Planning for the Year 2007 by ]ess H. Duff and John K. Parker 38 7. Strategic Planning in Hampton - Choices and Challenges by Sandy Weir 42 8. Strategic Planning in Hennepin County-An Issues Management Approach by Philip C. Eckhert, Kathleen Haines, Timothy J. Delmont, and Ann M. Pflaum 49 9. Charting the Course for Kirkwood's Future by Barbara J. Byerly 62 10.The Results of Strategic Planning in McKinney by Debra B. Forte 67 11.Scenarios for Milwaukee-Citizen Participation in Projecting Futures by Belden Paulson 76 12. Goals for Minneapolis-A City for the 21st Century by Donald M. Fraser 83 13. Oak Ridge-Strategic Planning for a Strategic City by Joseph C. King and David A. Johnson 104 14.The Placentia 2000 Project-Long-Range Planning in Local Government by Robert W. Kuznik and Roger L. Kemp117 15. San Francisco-The Unveiling of a Strategic Plan by Richard Marten 123 16. Santa Barbara County's Transformation Program-Meeting the Challenge of a New Reality by Lea Brooks 133 17.Strategic Planning in St. Paul-Goals for the 1990s by James Scheibel 140 18. Strategic Planning in Local Government-The West Hartford Approach by Richard Russo and Dave Penchoff 153 19. A New Planning Model by Roger L. Kemp 160 Bibliography 173 Glossary 175 Index 181