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About the Futures Forum

What would you like to do for your community?

Is there something you'd like to change?

Something you want to make better?

What's your vision for the future of Texas? Healthy cities, comfortable communities, decent wages, a good economy, adequate housing and health care, clean water and air, skilled workers and profitable businesses, good community leaders, strong families, and responsible, caring kids?

These good things don't just happen. It takes people like you, coming together to look closely at your community and to plan for the future. It takes people working together to make your vision a reality.

Texas Community Futures Forum

What does your community need?

What do you think could be better?

Share your answers to these questions, and learn about the answers of other people in your community. Together you can:

* Help to build the future for your community and for our state.

* Help state and local agencies be more responsive to your needs.

* Help to make changes for the better, for yourself and your family, for your friends and neighbors--right where you live.

To find out about the Texas Community Futures Forum in your county, call your county Extension office.

To see the Future Forum results for your county, visit the (Results section of ) the Texas Community Futures Forum web site

How does it work?

Beginning in January 2004, the Futures Forum will bring together people from all areas of your community. Together they will study your community, discuss its needs, identify the most important ones, and plan for ways to address them.

The Futures Forum also provides part of the plan for the work Extension will do in your county over the next five years. The information gathered is being shared with other agencies and organizations, too.

The Futures Forum will help you and your neighbos make sure the work of your state and local agencies is focused on your needs, the things that really matter to you and your community.

A little background on the Texas Community Futures Forum

The Futures Forum is a planning process facilitated by Texas Cooperative Extension, bringing together partners in county government, state agencies, organizations, businesses, and other groups.

It begins with county forums to gather information on local needs. From these needs and priorities, Extension, partner groups, and local residents will work together and individually to make progress towards community goals.

TCFF Contacts

Please contact your county for more information about Texas Community Futures Forum.
http://county-tx.tamu.edu