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Kendall County adopts new 3-year plan for infrastructure projects, economic development · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Kendall County adopts new three year plan for infrastructure projects
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  Speaker 1: economic development. Written by Eric Shelkoff, this article is being
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  Speaker 1: Improving Kendall County's facilities and roads to keep up with
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  Speaker 1: the county's continued growth are among the goals in the
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  Speaker 1: county's new three year strategic plan. Kendall County continues to
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  Speaker 1: be ranked as the fastest growing county in Illinois. Kendall
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  Speaker 1: County's population has grown by eight point four percent in
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  Speaker 1: the past few years, making it the fastest growing county
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  Speaker 1: in the state. According to US Census data, Kendall County's
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  Speaker 1: current population is estimated at more than one hundred and
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  Speaker 1: forty three thousand. Our strategic plan strength comes from collaboration,
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  Speaker 1: Kendall County Board Chairman Matt Kellogg said in a news release.
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  Speaker 1: By engaging stakeholders from across the county, we've built a
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  Speaker 1: plan that reflects shared priorities and a common vision. This
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  Speaker 1: collective process has resulted in a roadmap that will guide
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  Speaker 1: Kendall County forward in a meaningful way. The twenty twenty
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  Speaker 1: six twenty twenty nine Strategic plan establishes Kendall County's key
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  Speaker 1: priorities for the next several years. Modern infrastructure and future
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  Speaker 1: ready facilities, supporting a resilient, diverse, and growing economy, Operational
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  Speaker 1: excellence and organizational capacity, Equitable and responsive community engagement. In
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  Speaker 1: addition to identifying strategic goals, the plan introduces a new
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  Speaker 1: mission statement, vision statement, and set of core values to
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  Speaker 1: guide the county's work and decision making. As trusted partners
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  Speaker 1: in public service, we deliver essential services with care, transparency,
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  Speaker 1: and accountability. Protecting what makes our county special while supporting growth, innovation,
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  Speaker 1: and opportunity for all. Is Kendall County's new mission Statement.
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  Speaker 1: The Kendall County Board recently add opted the new plan.
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  Speaker 1: The Northern Illinois University Center for Governmental Studies facilitated the
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  Speaker 1: development of the strategic plan. The full plan is available
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  Speaker 1: at wwww dot Kendall Countyhill dot gov. Last re Strategic
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  Speaker 1: Plan