2015 Vision is a group of business leaders in Lincoln who work together to champion and facilitate the implementation of projects that benefit the City of Lincoln, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the community at-large. The creation of the 2015 Vision group in 2006 was the result of several discussions among business leaders in Lincoln at the time. At that time, several civic projects had been envisioned and planned through large-scale public processes, but were not implemented, due to a myriad of factors including political will, lack of champions and needed funds. 2015 Vision was created to facilitate the implementation of these community projects and achieve the following goals: