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Community Vision Statement

The community vision statement is a forward-looking declaration that articulates a community's desired future. It was crafted with community and roundtable input to guide long-term planning and decision-making in Downtown Shoreline.

Themes & Guiding Principles

The Community Vision statement is further articulated by 8 guiding principles, organized within 4 overarching themes.

4 Overarching themes represent broad, aspirational concepts that encapsulate the community's key values and connect the vision statement to guiding principles.

8 Guiding principles are broad, action-oriented, and flexible statements designed to direct behavior, decisions, and strategies in alignment with an organization or community’s mission, vision, and long-term objectives. They help maintain focus on the "big picture" while adapting to changing circumstances and ensuring accountability

1.

Connect the waterfront with downtown, surrounding areas, and the city both visually and physically.


2.

Create a collection of unique, flexible, public spaces, connected by a multimodal network and accessible to all.


3.

Encourage economic opportunities for local businesses and Long Beach residents, including those in traditionally disadvantaged communities.

4.

Celebrate Long Beach’s history, cultural diversity, and relationship to the water.

5.

Engage the community about changes in Downtown Shoreline and distribute information about events, and activities in Downtown Shoreline.

6.

Create a vibrant and inclusive waterfront destination set within Downtown Long Beach.

7.

Balance the costs to create and maintain public spaces, events and programs with public and private investment and income-producing uses to ensure the long-term fiscal viability of Downtown Shoreline.

8.

Become a model for environmental stewardship and clean, sustainable, resilient and ecologically responsible waterfront development and regional conservation.