www.WayneTomorrow.com #WayneTomorrow! @WayneTomorrow Wayne Tomorrow! …Cultivating a Vibrant Future Shared Vision . . . Wayne Tomorrow! is a community-based, county commissioner-sponsored collaboration addressing the objectives, resources and tasks needed to move the county, its economy and its culture into a vibrant future. The five-year effort identified specific areas that must be addressed and provided a base for dealing with them – affordable housing, agriculture, adequate transportation, promoting and growing entrepreneurial ventures, education, economic development and community health and wellness. Collaborative Approach . . . Wayne Tomorrow! is basically a new way of operating within the county in which many, diverse organizations are working together to support programs and projects that will ultimately strengthen our County. This is all part of the effort to build a base for prosperity that supports the most important building block – the people of the community. The collaborators agreed that efforts addressing these areas should be led by task forces of community leaders and should involve input from residents. They also agreed that recommendations from these task forces must focus on specific steps that need to be taken. Wayne Tomorrow! Task Forces . . . Community Hubs Task Force works to develop central community facilities where individuals can get to know their neighbors and otherwise connect to the community. Co-chairs are Brian Wilken and Derek Williams. Housing Task Force explores the barriers to homeownership and studies the need for housing stock and affordable housing in the area. Co-chairs are Margy Coccodrilli and Lori O’Malley. Talent & Resource Development Task Force works to develop the human and financial capital to move Wayne County into a prosperous new future. Co-Chairs are Steve Daniels and Ryanne Jennings. Transportation Task Force tackles both the need for transportation services and the improvement of transportation infrastructure. The co-chairs are Carl Albright and Shawn Garing. Agriculture Task Force has been working to implement the Economic Development Plan for Agriculture completed early in 2019. The Task Force is working with a consultant on a feasibility study for a milk processing plant, among other things. Co-chairs are Bob Muller Jr. and Jane Bollinger. Elements of the Ecosystem