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City of Long Beach, Washington – Vision & Goals:

Vision Statement:

Our vision is to become a vibrant resort community that shares its unique coastal environment with residents, businesses, and visitors. We will manage our growth to provide a sound and diverse economic base where families can afford to live. We will create and maintain a pedestrian and bike friendly community that has excellent infrastructure to meet the needs of our businesses, residents, and visitors. We will create a sense of place by establishing a healthy Town Center. We will establish an atmosphere of cooperation with our neighbors all along the Peninsula. Together, we will strive for a community where we pay tribute to our rich cultural and natural heritage; a community that has quality health care and other essential services, and above all is a safe place where residents can live, work, and play.

Goals:

• Use and add to website to recruit business
• Work to bring another hotel to Long Beach
• Event Center
• Develop and conduct an economic development program
• Keep an up to date inventory of sites for development
• Identify target business
• Provide tour operators links on our website to local activities
• Expand the area of commercial activity from Pacific Avenue west and east
• Communicate with merchants
• Dog park development
• Trail on the east side of town
• Grave Yard of the Pacific Park development
• Park area plan for area west and south of the Arch approach
• “Keep up our funding of all departments and programs, do not go backwards”
• Maintain our existing infrastructure
• Lift station engineering
• Fish Ally upgrade
• City clean up and beautification