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WHAT ARE ALTERNATIVE GROWTH SCENARIOS? Alternative growth scenarios are a tool to facilitate agreement about the use of land resources at a regional level. The scenarios provide critical information for local officials to help them agree on a Preferred Growth Scenario that best meets the region's development needs while preserving important natural resources and environmental quality over the next 50 years. Together with the results of the public outreach on the scenarios, the evaluation of the scenarios in this phase of Region 2050 will inform the development of a Preferred Growth Scenario and regional goals, objectives, and actions for the agreed-upon 2050 Regional Growth Management Strategy. The Region 2050 alternative growth scenarios present three different ways growth can be concentrated and distributed at the regional level and provide a basis for an evaluation and public feedback. The final or "preferred" growth scenario that will be incorporated into the Regional Growth Management Strategy will most likely be a hybrid scenario that contains elements of all three of these alternatives. WHERE DID THE SCENARIOS COME FROM? In March, 2003, experts in the following seven fields worked in small groups to devise their vision for the region from the perspective of their area of expertise: land use, housing, the economy, transportation, natural resources, community facilities and services, and education. This resulted in seven "regional vision maps." Staff worked with the RTAC and Policy Board to identify the common elements among these seven maps and to highlight unique elements in three alternative growth scenarios. The Regional Policy Advisory Board unanimously approved these scenarios for evaluation and public outreach on October 9, 2003. Please see the web site for the Regional Growth Scenarios Workshop Report, April 29, 2003 for more information: http://www, req ion2050, orqlpdflmeetin,qslO62OO31AIternativeGrowthScenarios, pdf HOW ARE THE SCENARIOS EVALUATED? The evaluation of the three alternative regional growth scenarios is based on criteria developed from Regional Goals and Objectives unanimously approved by the Regional Policy Advisory Board in the following seven quality of life categories: 1. Land Use 2. Housing 3. Economy 4. Environment 5. Public Facilities and Services 6. Transportation 7. Education