Hillsdale County Assets from Picture Hillsdale Community Visioning

October 21, 2009 (# of participants: Thirty-eight)
October 22, 2009 (# of participants: Sixteen)

The following is a list of Hillsdale County assets identified by the community visioning participants:

- Public Safety
- Clean Air
- Beauty (Lakes and Rolling Hills)
- Recreation (Lakes, Baw Beese & North County Trail, Hunting and Fishing)
- Pool of talented people (retired and new residents)
- Abundance of agricultural base (for economic development)
- Water Quality
- Wind Energy
- Hillsdale College and the cultural opportunities offered by it
- Local units of government are fiscally adaptable
- Better than average school system
- Location – close enough to urban hubs yet secluded enough
- Historic Downtown
- Good senior center
- Airport
- Hospital
- Popular fair
- Library
- Opportunity for arts
- Active churches
- Antiques
- Amish Community
- Generosity through community foundations and individuals
- Back to basics kind of people
- Family based community
- Lower cost of living
- Availability of Brownfield sites for development
- Available workforce and housing
- Rail Access