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Rework the following section!!!!! <br />Recent changes in national priorities, population trends, metropolitan plans and <br />metropolitan facilities reinforce the planning and development objectives of <br />Orono. The 1950’s and 1960's were years of great expansion and reliance upon the <br />powers of science and industry to solve all problems.Population graphs showed <br />growth projections running off the paper. Suburbs boomed while core cities were <br />fighting for their very survival. <br />The 1970’s brought a new environmental awareness and an understanding that nature, <br />not science was the key to our planet's survival. New social concerns revived the <br />cities and showed how characterless the suburbs had become. Inflation and <br />population stabilization brought unlimited expansion to a halt as roads, schools and <br />all public services began scrambling for maintenance dollars while over-built <br />facilities quickly became terrible taxpayer burdens. The cost of energy is dramatically <br />refocusing everyone's attention on conservation and careful planning of any new <br />facility. (?) <br />(ADD A PARAGRAPH DESCRIBING HOW THE WORLD HAS CHANGED <br />THROUGH THE I980SAND I990'S?) <br />The results of these changes on the Twin Cities region and on Orono are significant. <br />Oiono's ultimate population projections have been dropping from estimates of 37,000 <br />made in 1970, to 23,000 in 1972, to 14,000 in 1974, to the Metropolitan Council's <br />most recent figure projection of 11,000 made in 1979. Population trends during the <br />last 20 years and a careful analysis of development capabilities of remaining land as <br />compared to Orono's current zoning, suggest an ultimate population of around 9.000. <br />This figure is very close to our existing estimated population of?:900:7.800 and is <br />still probably potentially high considering the new energy problems and our recent <br />growth trends, and would be easily obtainable within our existing zoning densities. <br />CITV OF ORONO - POPULATION PROJECTIONS (OLD TABLE) <br />Population Forecasts Household Forecasts <br />Year 1970 I980*1990 2000 Sat.1970 1980*1990 2000 Sat. <br />Urban Area <br />Rural Area <br />4160 <br />2627 <br />4250 <br />3040 <br />5120 <br />3220 <br />5900 <br />3640 <br />7200 <br />3800 <br />1400 <br />746 <br />1450 <br />980 <br />1740 <br />1040 <br />2000 <br />1180 <br />2400 <br />1267 <br />loial City 6787 7290 8340 9540 11000 2146 2430 2780 3180 3667 <br />• 1980 Estimates To Be verified by census in progress <br />Source 1970 census, 1980 City Records; 1990-Saiuralion; City and Metropolitan Council Projections 3-31-78 <br />CMP3U-9