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.. , � __ - . W - s ��. <br />errecti�wr � <br />Opportuniti¢�Chall¢nq¢f <br />The NI�-lceting Task I�orce ev�zluatecl iblounds Vie�vs oppoc-tu.cuues and challen�es by asking several <br />c�uestions� y <br />1. Does Mounds View have an identity? <br />2. Can others identify with Nlounds View? <br />3. ��at do people like about Vlounds View? <br />4. What would people like changed about Nlounds View? <br />Task force members asked these questions to a variety of individuals including: <br />s Nlounds View residents, non-residents, employees working in l�lounds View that don't live in <br />t�ounds View and friends/relarives/business associates not associated with ylownds View. <br />Tku•ough these interviews, the task force was able to identify i�Iounds Vie�vs opportunities and our <br />challenges as it pertains to people's ima�e of the City. <br />Opportunities <br />♦ Access to free�vays <br />♦ Access to semi-skilled workforce <br />♦ �vera�e household incomes <br />♦ Good entertainment facilities <br />♦ Great police protection <br />♦ Location to good shopping facilities and �vorlc <br />♦ Nei�hborhood parlcs and recreation prob ams <br />♦ Nice, large, wooded residential lots <br />♦ Politically aware residents <br />♦ Pro-business attitude <br />♦ Quality schools <br />♦ Quiet and friendly people <br />♦ Relatively close to do�vnto�vn yet,not too close to the Cities <br />♦ Safe and affordable housin� oppoi-auiities <br />♦ Small town community feeling, prideful commuruty, clean nei�hborhoods <br />♦ S�eets well maintained � <br />Challenaes <br />♦ Lack of an identitv <br />(Citv of ��Tounds VieR� �,ets rni�erl up «�th Cith of �Iound <br />��Ioutids V'iew's as5o�:iauoii is the to�vn nest to I ric-llev/New I3ri�rhton/Blaine or �Iounds <br />VieR- I �i;;h S�.hooL <br />�Io uiuque establis�unent tliat people can idenufti �vith <br />♦ Deteriorarin�, aptu-miPnt �ialitv <br />♦ Hi�h t���es <br />♦ I_ack of landsca�ine rilon�� Hi�Jh�vay LO <br />♦ Residencs li�ve clil'ficulty �vit�i �orne (:itv ordinances <br />♦ Simply a place to drive throu�h r.o �et somewhere else <br />♦ There is no clear defiruuon ot the buundaries of Vloi.uids � ie�v <br />:� <br />