STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT

The University of Florida's Strategic Development Plan seeks to shape the university and surrounding community's future over the next 40 to 50 years and establish the framework for the "New American City."... The plan was developed over a rigorous nine-month exploration of key issues within the university community and the City of Gainesville - UF's host city. The 2,000 acre land-grant university's presence looms large in Gainesville, a town of approximately 140,000 residents with a student population exceeding 50,000... Over the course of developing the plan, Lane and the consultants interviewed more than 200 UF and Gainesville community members in approximately 100 meetings, held multiple information and feedback sessions that were open to the whole community, and hosted a symposium that featured experts from other universities discussing their own Strategic Development Plans.