Our Shared Destiny
Park Rapids lakes area will be a vibrant
community with opportunity for all. We will embrace an exceptional
quality of life and a growing economy, while protecting our
natural environment and small town beauty and charm. Park
Rapids will be known as a community that is a great place
to live, work and play:
- acknowledging our differences;
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respecting each other’s
talents;
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valuing shared prosperity; and
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working together for the broader community good. |
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Park Rapids has almost unlimited potential. We are blessed
with tremendous community assets: a natural environment second
to none, great recreational amenities, a solid economic base.
But we need to accept the fact that the blessings of our
past do not guarantee our success in the future.
PROGRESS PARK RAPIDS is committed to leaving our children and
grandchildren a great community to live and raise a family. How? PROGRESS
PARK RAPIDS will:
- Encourage the broader Park Rapids community
to come together behind one common dream for our future;
- Identify
and act on strategies to reach our community dream; and
- Challenge
the broader Park Rapids community to join us as stewards of
our community.
Progress Park Rapids has identified 17 goals for the community.
They are not meant to be exclusive. The goals can be divided
under the categories of economy, education, health, sense of
community, environment and leadership.
Links providing contact information of individuals currently
involved in these efforts are provided next to each goal if
you would like to provide comments specific to certain goals
or become involved in making them happen.
Economy
Education
- Park Rapids schools will have a 100% graduation rate and
an increase of 10% annually of graduates moving on to post-secondary
education.
[POC: Glenn
Chiodo]
- Teamworks will be the premier training facility in northern
Minnesota.
[POC: Kathy
Carney]
- Park Rapids will pass a school levy referendum in 2006/2007.
[POC: Orange
Cross]
 Health
- By 2007, the community will have an active drug and alcohol
task force that will identify and act on the top issues related
to drug and alcohol crimes and emergencies.
[POC: Tina Eischens]
- The hospital will be ranked as one of the 100 best in the
United States.
[POC: Peter Jacobson]
- Older adults and others will have access to and choice in
a continuum of long-term and acute care options which will
enhance quality of life and quality of care.
- The health of Park Rapids community members will be among
the best in the state.
[POC: Healthy
PR Initiative]
- Living at Home/Interfaith Caregivers Program.
[http://www.livinghome.org]
Sense of Community
- Starting in 2007, there will be an increase of 20 units per
year of owner-occupied housing occupied by working families.
[POC: Kathy Grell]
- There will be a community center operational by 2008.
[POC: Katie Magozzi]
- By 2010, there will be a quality park/public beach area in
Park Rapids.
[POC: Kathy Grell]
Environment
- The T.H. 34 corridor and downtown will be a showcase example
of what a community can do to provide greenspace and landscaping
in a small urban setting.
[POC: Mark Hewitt]
- By 2010, the Park Rapids community will have the premiere
trail network in northern Minnesota.
[POC: David Olsonowski
/ Irene Weis]
Leadership
- By 2007, there will be a leadership/mentorship program in
the area.
[POC: Sue Tomte]
- The will be a Park Rapids community fund capitalized at quarter
of a million dollars by 2008.
[POC: Mark Hewitt]
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