This brainstorming exercise is intended to develop a list of specific objectives, actions, or strategies to achieve each Key Vision Statement identified during this workshop. Please identify the Key Vision Statement that your group is considering and then record a list of potential strategies.

List of Objectives/Actions/Strategies

1. Utilize Chamber of Commerce.
2. Encourage neighborhoods, jobs for the community.
3. Keep up to date with Village electronic services, high speed technology.
4. Become a desirable community for high tech businesses.
5. Build on current specialties; Bio tech.
6. Limit square footage of large chain stores.
7. Chamber should continue doing such a good job.
8. We need an industrial park.
9. Promote industry so people can work in Mount Horeb.
10. Promote shopping services so people can spend their money in Mount Horeb.
11. Cultivate neighborhood development.
12. Keep strong Chamber of Commerce.
13. Discourage stand along buildings – smaller, group buildings together.
14. Size limit on buildings.
15. Design criteria.
16. Sign rules.
17. Satellite shops in neighborhoods.

List of Objectives/Actions/Strategies

1. Communicate impact of development (e.g., need to support new school development and costs of services.)
2. Improve school district/village collaboration and joint planning.
3. Control residential growth to maintain small class sizes and quality education.
4. Direct link between Plan Commission.
5. School Board’s impact on schools is considered with any proposed development.

List of Objectives/Actions/Strategies

1. Promote communication among various groups (youth, newcomers, couples with teens).
2. Frolic Fest Improvement – free to Mt. Horeb residents (after school is out).
3. Road repairs – leaves better solutions.
4. Community Christmas tree (more attractiveness as you enter Mt. Horeb).
5. Real estate taxes – why so high compared to other communities?
6. Preserve heritage/roots of village.
7. All new construction should have s/t to tie and pull Mt. Horeb together.
8. Mt. Horeb needs an "identity" and consistent marketing.
9. Subdivision names should reflect cohesiveness.
10. Grant money for downtown preservation.
11. Support small business – personal shopper/delivery, etc.
12. Market and pull in new residents to build community and support local business!
13. Emphasis on architectural vs. snout houses/ugly subdivisions.
14. Maintain/restore historic character of downtown.
15. Have gateway reflect the character of Village.
16. Link downtown to bike path – enhance Front Street corridor, etc.
17. Preserve historic identity of community/downtown.
18. Plan ahead of developers – set guidelines for development and stick to it.
19. Pedestrian friendly – walking paths to parks.
20. Quality buildings with character of smaller status – not cookie cutter buildings.
21. Support Chamber of Commerce in its efforts to promote tourism.
22. Maintain/incorporate historic building architecture styles.
23. Build neighborhoods, not subdivisions.
24. Promote pedestrian networks/transportation.
25. Maintain strong sign, lighting ordinances.
26. Keep trolls.
27. Flowers on poles, roundabout, garden areas.
28. Maintain old buildings – Opera House.
29. Help businesses with maintenance (CDA).
30. Maintain historical appearance and charm of Village.
31. Promote the bike path (services for bikers).
32. Downtown look promoted to bring more people to Village.
33. Develop an architectural review board.
34. Develop guidelines for the architectural review board.
35. Develop a program for the character of buildings, homes, developed land, building lots.
36. Define the "style" of Mount Horeb and promote it.
37. Develop a TIF District opportunity for remodel/repair in the historic district.

List of Objectives/Actions/Strategies

1. Develop natural area parks with historic ecosystem remnants.
2. Replace par course (removed from high school property).
3. Natural area park attached to market at east end of town.
4. Develop science, geography, history interpretive exhibits at parks.
5. Protect headwaters of urban and modern culture.
6. Double size of Himsel Park.
7. Promote conservation subdivisions with large green spaces.
8. Build a naturarium (like Verona’s).
9. Preserve, maintain, and enhance natural resources of Mount Horeb and surrounding areas to provide diverse opportunities.
10. Partner with local groups.
11. Limit impervious surfaces.
12. Control stormwater.
13. Encourage infiltration.
14. Identify special areas.
15. Identify larger park areas which incorporate natural features.
16. Develop nature-based activities (hiking trail, etc.)
17. Possible arboretum to showcase interesting trees and shrubs.
18. Partner with local garden club/nature groups/environmental class for development.
19. Organize a "friends group" to help support parks.
20. Identify, protect, and enhance critical natural areas.
21. Create additional woodland and prairie areas.
22. Promote citizen participation.
23. Provide adult-sized soccer fields.
24. Expand existing recreational opportunities.
25. Extensive wooded, natural tracts, perhaps developed minimally toward arboretum character.
26. Adult recreation facilities, such as full size soccer fields and ice skating rinks.
27. Development of neighborhood associations to plan, promote, and maintain these facilities.
28. Maintain current facilities (i.e., Military Ridge trail as well as local parks).
29. Develop more pet friendly facilities/trails.
30. Nature education facilities blue bird house, bat houses, etc.
31. Arboretum – feasibility study.
32. Promote/maintain mix of open space types, team sports, natural areas.
33. Choose appropriate sitting for each type.
34. Coordinate efforts with local organizations, communities.
35. Promote community "ownership" of open space areas.
36. Preserve, where possible, existing natural areas rather than try to recreate them.
37. Make sure areas are accessible.
38. Identify points of interest - Establish a buffer zone around these points.
39. Establish a percentage of park/green space.
40. Establish connectiveness to community.
41. Have parks larger and more natural.
42. Purchase land to keep for green space.

List of Objectives/Actions/Strategies

1. Control residential growth – require lower densities, larger lot sizes, landscape, caps on growth, increase developer fees.
2. Limit annexations.
3. Large lot sizes (10,000 – 15,000 sq. ft.).
4. Cap growth at 1% - 2% per year.
5. Limit number of building permits issued per year.
6. Impact study on nearby developed areas by new subdivisions. Consider traffic flow through these areas.
7. Lottery on building permits.
8. Study growth cap plans already in place.
9. Determine ratio of single family residences to multi-family rental properties.
10. Control residential growth.
11. Study Verona, Waunakee, Watertown growth cap plans.
12. Cap on growth, especially residential.
13. Moratorium on growth.
14. No multi-family units.
15. No building without good thoroughfares.
16. Significantly reduce residential development.
17. Sewer plant capacity.
18. Development regulation – upfront impact fees – pays for own services.
19. Public needs to understand real costs of infrastructure – where tax dollars go.
20. Community sense of what a reasonable rate of expansion is.
21. Limit annexations – control.
22. Study other communities.
23. No PUDs.