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work raise their children, and grow old with dignity. Individual rights are understood <br />and respected in the context of social responsibility. <br />The area's diverse and growing economy combines its strong work ethic with its <br />agricultural assets and technological capabilities. A dynamic player in the international <br />business community, the broad-based economy provides jobs that allow residents to <br />support themselves and their dependents.... " <br />Appendix F <br />Goals and Objectives <br />Task 6: Develop a detailed set of Goals for its topic area, with a corresponding set <br />of Actions, Objectives, and Measures of Success. In addition, each group will <br />address the implications and trade-offs associated with the reality of limited <br />Resources, such as financial, town services, personnel, land, and others. <br />This information should be presented in narrative form and should reflect the <br />richness of the issues and results of group discussion. This information should be <br />presented in no more than 10 typed pages along with a Summary Matrix. <br />The following information will assist the Work Groups in preparing a Summary Matrix. <br />A Goal is a statement of the desired state. For example, for the topic "Sense of <br />Community", one component of a desired state may be that differences among subgroups <br />of citizens can be resolved in a positive and constructive manner. Another goal for this <br />topic might be that the historic character of Lexington is a strong component of the <br />town's identity. <br />Actions are the steps that will be needed to reach each goal. To achieve the goal of <br />making the historic character a strong component of Lexington's identity, the actions <br />needed might include maintaining historic properties, promoting historic legacy and sites, <br />and development of new historic assets. <br />An Objective is the reason for the action, e.g. the reason for maintaining historic <br />properties is to preserve historic assets, the reason for promoting the historic legacy is to <br />foster citizen interaction with historic sites, the reason for adding new historic sites is to <br />develop new opportunities for tourism destinations. <br />A Measure is the factor that will tell you that you have succeeded in implementing the <br />actions. For example the measure may be the changes in the condition of existing <br />historic properties. For the action of promoting Lexington's historic legacy, the measure <br />may be the number of visitors to each site. <br />9 <br />