Imagine Tomorrow: Your Community Plan - Stage 2 consultation

Vision: The Cairns region will be an integrated area with leaders networked within the region and connected to major external decision-makers. The integration will permeate all strata and interest areas so the Cairns region is renowned for the manner in which communication occurs within its borders and is connected to the rest of the world.
Together our future focus will be:
To nurture local, national and international relationships ensuring a well-networked region
To create new and strengthened links between specialist areas, economic development organisations and commercial sectors

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Vision: The Cairns regional community will be highly engaged in the visioning, decision-making and day-to-day working of self-reliant and diverse places.
Together our future focus will be:
To recognise community needs in decision making processes
To educate residents to understand decision making processes and encourage community contribution

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Vision: The Cairns region will have many diverse and unique communities, each with their own character and spirit.
Together our future focus will be:
To foster passionate people who connect with and develop character and spirit within their communities
To adopt town planning schemes which protect and respect individualism

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Vision: Residents of the Cairns region will live an exceptional lifestyle and enjoy a thriving economy in part due to the provision of the full range of infrastructure required for a functioning city.
Together our future focus will be:
To ensure the timely provision of infrastructure for growth
To ensure there is an improvement of transport infrastructure and systems
To meet future infrastructure demands while exploring innovative approaches considering sustainability & climate change
To develop community infrastructure in conjunction with residential development

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Vision: The Cairns region will be internationally renowned for its natural wonder and the manner in which the diverse demands on the environment have been managed.
Together our future focus will be:
To manage our natural resources ensuring availability for future generations
To encourage all residents to pride themselves as the custodians and stewards of our region's natural wonders
To ensure sustainable practices to maintain the region's visual amenity, open spaces and farming land

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Vision: The Cairns region will have an economy that is sufficiently diverse to withstand singular global trends.
Together our future focus will be:
To develop the Cairns region as a global centre for wet tropics medical research, product development, manufacturing and distribution.
To be innovative in living, building and working in the wet tropics
To develop tourism based on the natural environment, culture and businesses of the region
To encourage food production and agriculture based on the climate and fertile belts
To promote Cairns as the major service centre for Cape York, Torres Strait Islands & the Pacific Rim

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Vision: The Cairns region will become a generational and whole-of-life friendly region.
Together our future focus will be:
To keep our people in the region by meeting their needs
To coordinate a register of programs & services
To improve physical access
To increase preventative health programs to reduce chronic care need

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Vision: The Cairns region will have the most envied lifestyle in Australia.
Together our future focus will be:
To protect what it is that makes people want to live here
To continue to be a magnet to those who want to change their lifestyle
To be renowned for the inclusive nature of our people
To ensure cultural heritage is protected and managed in a way that reinforces the distinct tropical lifestyle of this region

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Vision: The Cairns region will be a safe place to live, work, relax and holiday.
Together our future focus will be:
To encourage people to connect with their community social structures
To support pride and ownership of place to minimise safety and security concerns
To connect justice systems to community frameworks
To enhance education programs to include responsible community living

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Vision: The Cairns region will encourage the social and economic development of people and will have a system in place to assist those who are struggling with various aspects of life.
Together our future focus will be:
To ensure service providers are working together
To develop skills and attitudes for creating self sufficient communities
To provide equitable resources to the development of the development of the social fabric and to the development of physical infrastructure of communities

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Vision: The population of the Cairns region will exceed all the measures of health as people assume more responsibility for their own well-being. An integrated health system will be in place which combines community, government and private sector providers, to minimise health costs and maximise the well-being of the population.
Together our future focus will be:
To ensure there is an integrated approach to health care
To ensure that programs are in place to meet specific population needs
To ensure there are preventative health programs in place

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VISION: The Cairns region will have an all-of-life education system which gives people across the region equal access to a comprehensive system that meets the needs of all residents.
Together our future focus will be:
To link education to competitive advantages of the Cairns region
To match educational needs to specific segments of the population

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