Pickens County Vision 2025 is moving into the implementation phase of the Vision Plan. As of January 1, 2008 a twenty (20) member Implementation Team has been assembled. Eight (8) members served on the original Vision 2025 steering committee. As in the case of the Vision 2025 steering committee, the Implementation Team will include diversity in age, gender, race, interest in the five focus themes, and location to represent the citizens of the county.

The role of the Implementation Team is to guide and oversee the implementation of the Vision Plan. The members will select at least one of the five themes from the plan as their focus and area to work with through implementation. The Team will name co-chairs from their members to seek the Vision Partners for each of the five themes to come together and meet for the purpose of determining the order and process to achieve each of the ninety (90) objectives in the five focus themes.

Since the plan conveys a time line through 2025, the Vision Partners will select the individual objectives in their theme to accomplish year by year. The Vision Partners will meet and report back to the Implementation Team their progress in meeting the objectives on a quarterly basis. A report will be given by the Implementation Team annually on the progress in reaching the objectives.