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The overlooked component of strategic planning

by TAYLOR M, BELL M
The overlooked component of strategic planning New approach to strategic planning: Today, forward-looking governments are creating roadmaps that connect their vision for stronger communities with intentional, measureable, and transparent actions. City of Port Moody
Published in April 2022 - Page 9

Creating a vision for a community’s future used to be similar to a rendering of an unbuilt home. It presented a declaration of what the desired outcome should look like, but with little to no tangible details about how to get there. This led to many lovingly crafted, well-intentioned (and often expensive) strategic plans left sitting on the proverbial shelf.

Today, forward-looking local governments are approaching strategic planning, and the implementation of those plans, differently.

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