Explore the following issues for each question:
1. What is the preferred future?
2. What is the current reality?
3. What are the gaps, leverage points, or strategic opportunities?

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* 1. Do you currently live in Warren County?

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* 2. Do you currently work in Warren County?

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* 3. Are you satisfied with the quality of life in our community? (Consider your sense of safety, well-being, participation in community life and associations, etc.)

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* 4. Are you satisfied with the health care system in the community? (Consider access, cost, availability, quality, options in health care, etc.)

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* 5. Is this community a good place to raise children? (Consider school quality, day care, after school programs, recreation, etc.)

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* 6. Is this community a good place to grow old? (Consider elder-friendly housing, transportation to medical services, churches, shopping; elder day care, social support for the elderly living alone, meals on wheels, etc.)

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* 7. Is there economic opportunity in the community? (Consider locally owned and operated businesses, jobs with career growth, job training/higher education opportunities, affordable housing, reasonable commute, etc.)

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* 8. Is the community a safe place to live? (Consider residents’ perceptions of safety in the home, the workplace, schools, playgrounds, parks, the mall. Do neighbors know and trust one another? Do they look out for one another?)

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* 9. Are there networks of support for individuals and families (neighbors, support groups, faith community outreach, agencies, organizations) during times of stress and need?

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* 10. Do all individuals and groups have the opportunity to contribute to and participate in the community’s quality of life?

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* 11. Do all residents perceive that they — individually and collectively — can make the community a better place to live?

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* 12. Are community assets broad-based and multi-sectoral? (There are a variety of resources and activities available county-wide)

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* 13. Are levels of mutual trust and respect increasing among community partners as they participate in collaborative activities to achieve shared community goals?

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* 14. Is there an active sense of civic responsibility and engagement, and of civic pride in shared accomplishments? (Are citizens working towards the betterment of their community to improve life for all citizens?)

Thank you for your time!

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