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Staff then worked with the Progressive Civic League of Gifford and the Gifford community to prepare the Gifford Neighborhood Plan (GNP). That process involved obtaining considerable input from Gifford residents at several large and small community meetings/workshops conducted by county planning staff and the Progressive Civic League of Gifford. The resulting draft plan contained data, analysis, goals, strategies, objectives, and actions. On August 26, 2002, a Gifford town hall community meeting was held where neighbor-hood residents reviewed the final draft of the plan. At that meeting, the community endorsed the plan and recommended that the plan be forwarded to the Board of County Commissioners for consideration. At its regular meeting of September 17, 2002, the Board unanimously approved the plan. The plan is still in effect and is posted on the county's website. ANALYSIS The purpose of the GNP was to address problems that were of special concern to the residents of Gifford. While the plan focused on one community within the county, the strategies and actions of the plan were consistent with the policies and objectives of the county's overall Comprehensive Plan. Included in the GNP is an existing conditions section, an analysis section, a plan section, and an implementation section. When approved, the plan's existing conditions section of the plan included the most up to date land use, zoning, infrastructure and economic data that were available at the time. Based on those data, the plan's analysis was performed, and opportunities and constraints in Gifford were identified. From that analysis, specific goals, objectives, strategies, and actions were developed and "incorporated into an "action plan" section. Finally, an implementation section that identified the entity responsible for each action and each action's completion date was developed. Overall, the GNP's strategies were divided into the following major issue categories: • Housing • Town Center • Illegal and non-conforming uses • Infrastructure • Crime • Employment As structured, the plan contains 14 objectives that relate to the major issue areas listed above. Under each objective, there is a set of specific actions that contribute to meeting the objective. The plan contains 54 specific actions. In the plan, the major initiatives include enhancing the housing stock, creating a town center, upgrading and maintaining infrastructure, increasing employment opportunities, expanding code enforcement activities to increase code compliance, and reducing Gifford's unemployment level. 2 RR