The "headlines" from Dunkirk:

Three quarters of the participants think things in the County are "getting better."

Economic development is a clear number one priority, with effective government a strong second.

We're moving in the right direction on the economy with regionalism, cooperation, infrastructure - but we're still highest taxed with too-high utilities.

Lots of good things happening on the environment - more awareness, openness to ideas, regional effort - but we're not dealing with sprawl and green space needs.

We want to know more about what's going on with Millennium Parkway.

We're doing a good job in developing shared services to cut costs, but we can do better with communication, discussion, information.

The people development programs we have are good but they're not adequate to meet the needs; government needs to be more aggressive on minority hiring.

The vision statement is "on target."

"The lights are on in Chautauqua County."

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