Another pressing issue is the need to care for the elderly. According to demographic and census reports, the number of elderly persons in the state will increase by almost 40 percent in the next twenty years.

"The elderly population will explode in the year 2000, but there is something we can do now to improve housing and elderly care facilities," Kimball. "We cannot ignore the elderly because it will be a very, very serious problem in [the year] 2000."

Employment will also be a major goal for the plan because statistics show the number of tax-paying adults will not change much, while the youth and elderly populations will increase. Kimball said this means that the state will have to provide more services with the same amount of revenue.

The project will also examine environmental issues and questions such as discrimination and desegregation.

Scott said he does not anticipate any hitches in the project. While the plan does call on businesses to finance programs such as day care and to follow environmental regulations, he said businesses have generally been cooperative and support many of the proposals.

"Companies are always guarded about any government regulation that has cost implications, and as in anything else, some are willing and some are not," he said.