Yawn!!!

"A challenge with a long term plan is that the future is uncertain. Planning long term suggests the strategies developed be able to work no matter what the future holds."

So do we know any place in the world that has been able to accomplish that? A place that was hit with hard times, they implemented the plan they had in place for that, and mangerd to mitigate the effects as a result and ended up continuing to prosper.

Are we going after a brass ring here that has never been achieved?

If we know that there are others that have achieved that, should we not be looking at them so we would not have to re-invent the process?

A total waste of time?

"A challenge with a long term plan is that the future is uncertain. Planning long term suggests the strategies developed be able to work no matter what the future holds"

So is the city suggesting that places that have been able to develop their economy and grow their city (despite the challenges that EVERY city faces at some point) have primarily been the benefactor of pure dumb luck? I'd suggest that success has more to do with developing a solid and realistic plan, having the fortitude to STICK WITH IT, critiquing it along the way to ensure that it is still on track and modifying it where required.

I'd argue that we haven't even yet developed a solid plan, nor have we stuck with any of the ones that we have developed. We need to do that before we even start to worry about the rest.

Where is the money going to come from is my first though. Has anyone at the city thought of this? You need money and you can not even budget properly for snow removal which has ALWAYS been here. You would think that by now you would be able to get it right. Now you want to plan something bigger? Scary!