Planning is an act of optimism. It is the process of gathering all of the creative ideas and hopes that exist for a community and comparing those to economic realities and existing opportunities. By initializing the planning process, Riverside’s leaders and citizens recognized the need to establish a strategy for future development. The primary goal of this Plan is to create a map of improvements for today and for the next twenty years that reflects the desires of citizens and business leaders. The Master Plan lays out strategies for preserving the core characteristics that make Riverside unique, while improving the portions that detract from the community’s vision for a better future.