| Vernon Parish Goals |
| Environmental |
- Take concrete steps within 3 to 5 years to improve the water quality of two impacted lakes and ensure orderly development on adjacent properties.
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| Housing and Community Development |
- Repair 295 damaged homes in Vernon Parish within 6 to 12 months.
- Replace approximately 50% of the 118 severely damaged homes, as identified by FEMA, within 36 months.
- Increase local capacity to control growth, consistent with the Parish vision, by establishing a parish-wide planning commission within 12 months.
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| Economic and Workforce Development |
- Initiate local measures within 12 months to attract new and diversified businesses, both large and small, to Vernon Parish.
- Create renewal area on east side of U.S. Highway 171 to encourage replacement of deteriorating businesses within 12 to 24 months.
- Construct comprehensive streetscape improvements in the Downtown Leesville Historic District within 36 months.
- Expand the North Leesville Industrial Park by 150 acres within the next 18 to 24 months.
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| Public Health and Healthcare |
- Provide health care services, facilities and workforce training in order to support a health care system that meets the changed needs resulting from hurricanes Katrina and Rita, by 2012.
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| Transportation and Infrastructure |
- Repair and expand the capacity of the Sabine River Bridge for those evacuating east/west within 12 to 24 months.
- Make necessary improvements to all evacuation routes within 4 years.
- Promote growth in Vernon Parish by extending the availability of sewer lines, where feasible, within 3 years.
- Provide auxiliary power to all critical infrastructure and essential service facilities within 6 to 12 months.
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| Public Safety |
- Revise and update the parish’s emergency preparedness plan to provide better communication and cooperation between agencies within the next 12 months.
- Within 3 months provide local stakeholders and parish residents with emergency preparedness training designed to enhance current levels of readiness.
- Rebuild key emergency communications infrastructure within 3 months to ensure seamless parish-wide emergency communications.
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| Human Services |
- Build a multi-purpose community center for the Parish within 30 months that will also provide adequate shelters for coastal and regional evacuees.
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| Flood Protection and Coastal Restoration |
- Within 12 to 24 months improve the drainage of the Sales Branch area of Sales Creek to prevent future flooding.
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