Vision
All governments and planning commissions in Hamilton County:
- Work together effectively (in and adjacent to Hamilton County) to resolve issues related to growth management, land use, green space, transportation, housing, public services, utilities and other cross-jurisdictional issues
- Effectively communicate between planning commissions and planning officials at all levels and forms of government and between public, private and civic sector stakeholders
- Build consensus on a unified, comprehensive community vision for Hamilton County
- Create and implement local and countywide plans through continous and collaborative planning relationship with planning partners in the public, private and civic sectors
- Plan for and achieve efficient use of our physical (i.e. natural and built), economic and social resources and assets
- Determine, achieve and sustain local goals and plans within a regional framework
- Use local authority, and government closest to the people to create and implement community based solutions to local problems
- Make informed decisions through consideration of local and countywide comprehensive plans
- Use a countywide database (information system) to support the comprehensive planning needs of local and county government
- Leverage collaborative power to improve funding and policy change at all levels of government