Provide your input into The City of Red Deer's 2009 – 2012 Strategic Plan

March 26, 2008

(Red Deer, Alberta) - The City of Red Deer is holding an open house for citizens to provide input into The City’s strategic plan. The process will be discussed and citizens will be provided opportunity for input into priorities for The City of Red Deer.

“The strategic plan guides The City along a path and provides focus for all that we do,” said Craig Curtis, City Manager. “It is our most important plan as it shapes the municipal programs and services we provide to the citizens of Red Deer.”

The open house and focus groups will be held:

    Date: Wednesday, April 2, 2008
    Time: 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
               Presentation and organized focus groups from
              5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.
    Location: Lookout Room, 2nd Floor, Main Westerner Park building

Identical 60 minute focus groups will begin at 5:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. and will provide the opportunity for discussion and input into The City’s 2009 – 2012 Strategic Plan. Citizens who are not able to attend a scheduled focus group session will still have other opportunities to provide input at the open house.

“There are so many competing priorities facing our community,” said Mayor Morris Flewwelling. “Through the strategic plan, we are working to create a clearer picture of where we must focus our efforts to meet the needs of the community. Your input into this plan is very important.”

Every three years following municipal elections, work on renewing The City’s strategic plan begins. The plan steers The City along the course communicated to us through citizen consultation and planning, assessment of the current environment and trends along with our purpose of providing excellent service to citizens of Red Deer.

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For more information contact:

Julia Harvie-Shemko, APR
Communications & Strategic Planning Manager
The City of Red Deer
403-342-8320