Advocacy | Org Name | Address - Lake City Columbia County Chamber

Project Overview

The purpose of Vision 2030 is for our communities to develop a strategic roadmap for a prosperous, sustainable future for the Columbia County region.
The goals of the Vision 2030 Community Visioning and Strategic Plan are:

to create a shared vision based on the collective quality of life goals for our region,
to outline an action roadmap to achieve our vision for the future, and
foster champions across the region to transform the vision into reality.

"The Vision 2030 Community Strategic Plan will depend on broad community participation to first develop a shared, regional vision based on current conditions, and then explore a range of strategies and solutions for achieving the vision."

Theresa M. Pinto, Executive Director
Lake City-Columbia County Chamber of Commerce

Leadership Team

Lake City-Columbia County Chamber of Commerce
Theresa M. Pinto
Executive Director
theresa@lakecitychamber.com
386-752-3690

City of Lake City
Joe Helfenberger
City Manager
helfenbergerj@lcfla.com
386-752-2031

Columbia County
Paula Vann
Executive Director, Tourism Development Council
pvann@columbiacountyfla.com
386-758-1312

Small Business
Brad Wheeler
bjwsr@comcast.net
386-623-4654

Chamber Board
Steve Smith
steve.smith3@edwardjones.com
386-965-4068

If you have any questions or would like to learn more about the process; participate and engage, please feel free to contact any one of our Leadership Team members.

You can also read this VISION 2030 Overview.

Our Facilitators & Guides

We believe environmental stewardship and social equity are inseparable issues and the only path to a sustainable and prosperous future. The only way to transcend a world of finite natural resources is to engage, empower and unleash the unlimited potential within every person, organization, and community.

We work for agencies, organizations and social entrepreneurs that are deeply committed to building a smarter, more sustainable and more equitable future. Since 1996, Skeo has offered our clients an integrated approach to consulting, education and planning services that combines rigorous and targeted data and policy analysis with authentic stakeholder engagement. Our work does not just involve people. It empowers them.

With staff located across the United States, Skeo provides a geographic reach seldom found in a firm our size. Using state-of-the-art information sharing and collaboration tools and an unequaled commitment to teamwork, we deliver innovative, just-in-time solutions for our clients.

Our dedicated staff represents a broad range of disciplines and skill sets. Our diversity and size allow us to be nimble, quickly forming project teams that are highly responsive to our clients’ needs while providing detailed, personalized customer service.

Lead Facilitator & Guide

Sarah is an Associate Planner at Skeo Solutions, where she has provided collaborative planning and design services for over seven years. Her primary focus areas include equitable reinvestment, area-wide brownfields revitalization, and Superfund site reuse for distressed communities. She has a special interest in supporting environmental justice communities seeking to build local capacity and address long-standing divides around race, class and the environment. She strives to implement equitable development solutions that provide a foundation for healthy, fulfilling community life. Her skills include community and regional planning, GIS mapping and analysis, stakeholder facilitation, and community engagement.
Sarah lives in a vibrant multi-ethnic neighborhood in Charlottesville, Virginia, where she volunteers with local teens, is constantly amused by the antics of her chickens, and learns a lot from her neighbors. She also serves on Charlottesville’s Community Development Block Grant Task Force, the board of Casa Alma (a Catholic Worker community), and the steering committee of the University and Community Action for Racial Equity (UCARE) project through the Institute for Environmental Negotiation at the University of Virginia.
I BELIEVE…That everyone has something important to say about the community where they live; that awe-inspiring beauty and wisdom can be found in people and places that have long been overlooked; that healing and transformation are always possible; and that we all become who we were meant to be when we live life together.

Our Partners

None of this would be possible with out our Community, Business and Agency Partners. We want to thank all of our Partners that work with us throughout the year on making Columbia County a great place to do business and call home.