Bagdad Visioning Plan
Bagdad Vision Implementation Plan
The focus of the visioning process was to allow Bagdad residents to be the driving force behind the changes within their community. To accomplish this goal, the Bagdad Waterfronts Florida Partnership held a series of community meetings during the month of July 2006.
These meetings were planned with the participation of Santa Rosa County staff and a special visioning committee of Bagdad residents.
To solicit community participation, the Partnership mailed postcards to all Bagdad property owners asking for their participation during the visioning meetings, indicating meeting times and dates, as well as how they could find out more information. In addition, volunteers passed out to each house within the program area door-hanger tags that indicated meeting times and dates. As a result of our outreach, nearly 25 percent of Bagdad property owners participated in the process.
The Village of Bagdad Community Vision Plan is intended to be a “living” document and an integrated component of the ongoing planning and development process. The Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners approved the plan for implementation in August 2006. This plan, like all plans, may be amended as the community grows and changes. This plan is intended to act as a guide and catalyst for positive and continuing change in the community. The Partnership encourages and welcomes village residents to participate in the community implementation process.
A community armed with a vision plan can better reinforce the changes they desire, and discourage changes that detract from their collective vision. Having a shared vision allows a community to focus its diverse energies on identified community issues.
This report was funded in part, through a grant agreement from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Florida Coastal Management Program, by a grant provided by the Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management under the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, as amended, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Award No. NA05NOS4191074. The views, statements, findings, conclusions and recommendations expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the State of Florida, NOAA or any of its subagencies. July 2006.
