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vision for the Taunton Town Centre is an
important way of identifying its core purpose,
function, services and future success. By
organizing and providing a framework for
allocating the town's resources as well as
measuring it's development and success we are
able to achieve an equilibrium for all that
live, work and visit.
As
well as local issues there is a much bigger
picture to take in consideration when creating
a vision. Keeping in line with trends in
Europe, governmental change, statistical
evidence and understanding the community are
just a few of these.
So who and what
affects this vision? Local councils and
authorities alike around the UK have produced
visions and goals in a variety of publications
to explain this and more. Those that have an
immediate affect on Taunton's community and
region are:
Vision For Taunton - Our Place Our Future
This document sets out a vision
for 2025 and is a summary of the main
components of that Vision process and an
advocacy of the vision commission's preferred
way forward. Involving LSP's (Local Strategic
Partnerships-see below) and contributions by
the private and public sector, Taunton Deane
Borough Council and Somerset County Council
aims to monitor progress and ensure
co-ordination.
Click Here to read the report.
Taunton Deane
Corporate Strategy
2003-2006
Based on new legislation in
2000, which sets out the need for community
strategies this publication runs parallel with
'Our Place Our Future' and aims to provide the
council's value's and priorities in the form
of a plan.
Click Here to read the publication
Somerset
Cultural Strategy
The aim of Somerset’s Cultural
Strategy, in line with Department of Culture,
Media and Sport guidance, is to make a
significant and measurable increase in the
range and quality of cultural opportunities.
One strategy is to identify the defining
features of Somerset
culture and to celebrate them, another is to
identify the factors which limit the ability
of Somerset residents to enjoy a fuller
cultural life. But the key element of the
strategy is its Action Plan which suggests
some of the ways in which public agencies, and
others, can promote and support Somerset
culture and so enrich the lives of all
Somerset people.
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