Contents

1.............................................................................Introduction

2........................................................Summary of Purpose

3...........................................................Summary of Process

4............................The City of Manitou SpringsDemograhics •Characteristics•Environment

.......Manitou Springs Forward Vision Statements

..............................Key Vision Area: Health & WellnessVision Statements•Stretch Statements•Background data

..................................................Key Vision Area #2

..................................................Key Vision Area #3

.................................................Key Vision Area #4

.................................................Key Vision Area #5

Etc...-

............................Detailed Process Description: Demographic Representation/Research Methods

...........................................................Glossary/Index

...................................................................Appendix 1

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Springs, talk seems to be the impetus for action. And

there’s a lot of talking going on. “We’re talking in Mani-

tou Springs,” said David Chorpenning, a member of the

Manitou Springs Forward group. “And things are getting

done. If you look back to the work that was done on

the Rainbow Vision Plan, it all started with a group of

people talking; having a conversation about what they

wanted this town to look like. Seventeen years later,

there are many projects that we can point to that

resulted from those early conversations,” said Chorpen-

ning.

Manitou Springs Forward is getting ready to start a new

conversation and input is needed from all citizens of

Manitou Springs.

Manitou Springs is the place where I live, work and

play,” said Natalie Johnson, owner of Black Cat Books.

“I feel the importance of community in our town in

everything that I do. I look forward to visioning with a

diverse group of Manitou’s fans and residents because I

recognize that we are in this together. It is like Wellstone

said: ‘We all do better, when we all do better.’”

Johnson is part of a less formal group of citizens

who are working hard to engage as many people as

possible in a process that helps give Manitou Springs

a great future, based on input gathered from a variety

of sectors and backgrounds. Her group has set up

meetings that will take place in the next several weeks. Join the group

that grabs your interest, and mark your calendar for the big event:

the Manitou Springs Community Potluck and Visioning Forum, which

takes place Sunday, June 26 at Manitou’s City Hall from Noon to 4:

00 p.m.However, in Manitou Springs, talk seems to be the impetus for

action. And there’s a lot of talking going on. “We’re talking in Manitou

Springs,” said David Chorpenning, a member of the Manitou Springs

Forward group. “And things are getting done. If you look back to the

work that was done on the Rainbow Vision Plan, it all started with a

group of people talking; having a conversation about what they wanted

this town to look like. Seventeen years later, there are many projects

that we can point to that resulted from those early conversations,” said

Chorpenning.

Manitou Springs Forward is getting ready to start a new conversation

and input is needed from all citizens of Manitou Springs. that grabs your

interest, and mark your calendar for the big event: the Manitou Springs

Community Potluck and Visioning Forum, which takes place Sunday,

June 26 at Manitou’s City Hall from Noon to 4:00 p.m.However, in

Manitou Springs, talk seems to be the impetus for action. And there’s

a lot of talking going on. “We’re talking in Manitou Springs,” said David

Chorpenning, a member of the Manitou Springs Forward group. “And

things are getting done. If you look back to the work that was done on

the Rainbow Vision Plan, it all started with a group of people talking;

having a conversation about what they wanted this town to look like.

Seventeen years later, there are many projects that we can point to

that resulted from those early conversations,” said Chorpenning.

Manitou Springs Forward is getting ready to start a new conversation

and input is needed from all citizens of Manitou Springs.