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An encouraging plan to get out biking, walking

Winter months are too cold for biking, but just the right time to plan for infrastructure to encourage biking and walking in Austin neighborhoods. The ... Read more

by Laura Helle, Saturday, January 3, 2015 6:46 pm

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Helle: AHS senior helps spread the spirit

Vision 2020’s Community Pride and Spirit committee is teaming up with Eastwood Bank of Austin to put out a community service challenge for the year ... Read more

by Laura Helle, Friday, January 2, 2015 11:11 am

Community Wide Technology committee

Fiber plan would be a boon

High-speed Internet equips students with technology Read more

by Laura Helle, Saturday, December 20, 2014 5:16 pm

News

Helle: Austin stepping up to prepare students

Austin Aspires is a spin-off of Vision 2020, formed to meet the goals of the Education Leaders vision. The Austin Aspires board and Executive Director ... Read more

by Laura Helle, Saturday, December 13, 2014 3:17 pm

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Spam Museum will create change

Vision 2020’s Destination Downtown committee will take on a new role in 2015. The group has decided to convene a task force to prepare downtown ... Read more

by Laura Helle, Saturday, December 6, 2014 5:00 pm

Dr. Richard Schindler

The power of kindness

Like many of you, I’m still struggling with the loss of Dr. Richard Schindler in October in a bicycle accident. Dr. Schindler served on the ... Read more

by Laura Helle, Saturday, November 22, 2014 5:45 pm

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Austin resident jumps into problem

You know what I love about Austin? Great people who see a problem and start working on solving it. This week, a great example of ... Read more

by Laura Helle, Saturday, November 15, 2014 5:20 pm

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Austin shows desire for high-speed Internet

Austin has spoken: residents broadly support the idea of building a fiber network to every home, school and business in the Austin Public School District. ... Read more

by Laura Helle, Saturday, November 8, 2014 4:57 pm

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Past leaders wise for developing park

I love autumn in Austin. This week, I took a stroll around Mill Pond and was marveling at the sight of the power plant towering ... Read more

by Laura Helle, Sunday, November 2, 2014 8:10 am

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Moving education forward

Austin Aspires is a new non-profit that has grown out of the Vision 2020 Education Leaders committee with this vision: “Austin will be recognized as ... Read more

by Laura Helle, Saturday, October 25, 2014 4:32 pm

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Vision 2020 using the community assets to go forward

One of Vision 2020’s core values is to leverage the assets in our community for the maximum results. A great example — Vision 2020 leveraged ... Read more

by Laura Helle, Saturday, October 18, 2014 5:11 pm

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Needle moves to the future

There’s a phrase that is often repeated at Vision 2020 meetings—‘move the needle.’ Each of the ten vision statement areas is tackling challenges that will ... Read more

by Laura Helle, Saturday, October 11, 2014 5:08 pm

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Connecting the pride and spirit

Back in April 2012, Vision 2020 revealed the ten vision statements to the public including “Community Pride and Spirit: Create a positive community spirit by ... Read more

by Laura Helle, Saturday, October 4, 2014 5:23 pm

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Programs encourage walking

The Vision 2020 Bike-Walk Trails committee completed the Mn DOT Safe Routes to Schools planning process for six Austin schools this summer. Implementation of education ... Read more

by Laura Helle, Saturday, September 27, 2014 5:35 pm

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Promoting business is key for Austin

Promoting business is key for Austin One of Vision 2020’s focus areas is creating a business friendly environment. A community’s success is rooted in economic ... Read more

by Laura Helle, Saturday, September 20, 2014 11:17 am

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