The Town of Garfield is a progressive community which endeavors to provide the quality of life enjoyed by past and present generations while ensuring its position for the future by...

• Effective use of public resources and good stewardship of funds
   
• Providing quality transportation facilities
   
• Offering infrastructure and public safety services needed to sustain growth
   
• Supporting small business development...where local, 'home grown' businesses add to the economy and character
   
• Preserving natural resources and hunting lands to enhance the natural beauty of the area.
   
• Promoting farming as a way of life through protection of 'best' farm land
   
• Managing residential growth
   
• Encouraging commercial and light industrial growth
   
• Identifying design standards for public facilities and other development
   
• Establishing recreation areas for parks, trails, and open spaces
   
• Protecting water resources
   
• Creating a sense of community

...working together to control its own destiny, proactively planning for growth and preserving along with enhancing its rural character.

4/12/2007