Our City of Birmingham is setting out a 20-year policy and strategic framework, and it started with input from people across our community. You are invited to join the Citywide Visioning Forum on Saturday, Oct. 22, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Birmingham CrossPlex, formerly the site of the state fairgrounds.

If you missed the chance to join this Visioning Forum, you can still be part of creating a common vision of values, concerns and hopes for the city’s future. To make sure you have input to the new Comprehensive Plan for the City of Birmingham, visit the website and sign up for the latest information.

The Community Foundation has benefited from lots of great ideas, leading us to our first Community Catalyst Fund investment with Prize2theFuture. We can’t wait to see the great ideas for the City of Birmingham as we work together to answer three key questions:

• What do we want our shared destiny to be?
• How do we get there?
• How do we get started?