After months of research, Coweta County has a vision for the future.

Vision 2020 was unveiled last week to the county's political leaders. The plan outlines a strategic growth outline for economic development in the county and was funded by the county, the city of Newnan, Peachtree Regional Hospital, the Coweta County School System, the Newnan-Coweta Chamber of Commerce and 21st Century Coweta.

The vision outlines five goals for the county and last week the county commissioners endorsed all of the aspects of the plan, except for one issue.

The plan calls for two additional exits on Interstate 85 that will be used for future industrial and commercial development. The commissioners would rather see a mixed use approach at the exits, said public information officer Tom Corker.

The goals that Vision 2020 advocates are:

Building a stronger economy. One of the ways to expand the economy would be to make the county a prime location for new technology-based companies. The plan suggests the county seek companies that emerge elsewhere in the Atlanta region and offer incentives to lure them to the county.

The plan also calls for the county to become a regional center for corporate offices, such as insurance and telecommunication companies.

Strengthening workforce skills.

The plan advocates lowering the high school dropout rate in the county by 50 percent in the next five years and increase adult high school equivalency graduates by 50 percent.

Other ways of strengthening the workforce include creating programs through the school system to train workers and lowering the student-pupil ratio in the county's schools.

Improving the physical infrastructure for business.

The biggest part of this goal would be creating a countywide master plan for infrastructure development that would insure water and sewer service would be available for office and commercial development along the I-85 corridor.

Expanding private business services.

Two parts of this goal include building a high-quality conference center to introduce more people to the county and create speculative office and industrial space.

Protecting the quality of life.