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<br />New Brighton <br />Comprehensive Plan <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Vision Plan Goals <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Have a diverse population <br /> <br />The City wishes to embrace people of all socio-economic, age, ethnic, race and religious backgrounds. In <br />diversity lies the strength and richness of a healthy community. The people of New Brighton are proud of <br />their diversity today, seeing it as an asset, and want to strengthen people of all backgrounds and life stages <br />to live comfortably and be a part of the community. <br /> <br /> <br />Provide a diverse stock of well maintained housing <br /> <br />Since people’s lives change as they age, so do their housing needs. The opportunity to live in New <br />Brighton for a lifetime will requirerequires a diverse stock of housing that satisfies the lifestyle changes <br />that will confront every resident. Housing diversity must also answer the question “Where will our <br />children live?” If they would prefer to live in New Brighton there must be affordable housing of good <br />quality to accommodate them. As the population changes throughout the future, housing must be <br />adaptable and of enough variety to meet those future needs. <br /> <br /> <br />Maintain a healthy business environment <br /> <br />While primarily a place to live, good jobs and a diversified tax base are important to the community’s <br />health. To have jobs in close proximity to homes also provides some residents the opportunity to both <br />live and work in New Brighton and thereby minimize commute time and costs. Quality places to work <br />and do business support quality places to live while providing residents with convenient shops and <br />services. New Brighton will become a place where local businesses can thrive and grow. <br /> <br /> <br />Maintain/createCreate Strengthen community connections which correlate <br />with natural patterns and interconnectbetween neighborhoods and with <br />adjacent cities for trails, natural corridors, and transit access <br /> <br />It is the City’s intent that the natural patterns established by the drainage systems that connect Rice Creek <br />to Jones Lake and Lake Johanna be reestablished. <br />