The purpose of the Ocala 2035 Vision project is to develop a long term vision for the community's physical characteristics. The Visioning process will express the community’s desired future through visual and functional elements of urban form and design.

To be included in the process, please attend the Design Conference this Friday and Saturday (August 6 and 7, 2010). Click here to view the invitation and additional details.

The Vision provides guidance for the future design, use and connectivity of the community’s streets; the relationship of its buildings to those streets and how the buildings and streets best serve the community’s pedestrians; and the visual characteristics and separation of uses of the community’s buildings, neighborhoods, commercial districts and open spaces.

This long term vision will be based upon community consensus, including numerous public meetings and a citizen Leadership Group, to ensure its implementation over time. It will also serve as the basis for identifying community design values and issues for the community’s required Comprehensive Plan Evaluation and Appraisal Report, urban form and design policies in the community’s Comprehensive plan, and new standards for design in the community’s development codes and design guidelines.