The platform is designed to showcase improvements to the city as they happen so that residents can know what to expect, where these things are happening, and the planned timeline.
Vision Midland serves as the public blueprint for the Capital Improvement Plan (CIP), the five-year plan implemented by Mayor Lori Blong to improve Midland's infrastructure, economy and quality-of-life.
"This was brought about as part of the city of Midland's Strategic Planning Session," said Blong. "It was born out of a need to optimize communication out to the city on what projects are being developed and how to communicate general traffic information."
When visiting the Vision Midland website, users will find a map with buttons pertaining to each of the projects and their locations, along with a blurb describing what each of these are.
Below this, they can find further details on each of the projects by a set of categories: parks, schools, health care, transportation (which includes road improvements), events and dining. They will also be able to find categories for recently-completed projects — specifically the Bush Convention Center, Centennial Park, Ally Village and Midland's Merry Lights — and an overview of the CIP.
"We try to organize the projects into three categories: 'Recently Completed,' 'In Process Now' and 'For the Future,'" said Blong. "Folks are really excited to be able to use it, and we have gotten a lot of positive feedback."
The city hopes that Vision Midland will track the progress that the CIP makes as it progresses over time. its IT department will also routinely updating the service.
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