What’s next?
How did we get here?
On May 16, 2019, after 18 months of research and extensive community engagement, our community presented A United Vision: Guelph’s Community Plan to City Council. See what happened that night:
The Community Plan became the foundational vision for the City’s Strategic Plan. It has also helped spark conversations at the City and in the community about how we can work together across sectors for greater collective impact. The Plan has informed various master plans at the City and has been used by organizations in the community for their own strategic planning.
Where do we go from here?
The Community Plan is a living document designed to support more community conversations as we discover and face different challenges. For all its strengths, Guelph’s Community Plan does not specifically address systemic racism.
Since 2019 and following engagement with community interest-holders, two significant updates have been made to the Community Plan:
- In 2022, the development of a new theme—We are community—that confirms the community’s commitment to eliminating systemic racism.
- In 2024, the meaningful inclusion of gender-based violence as a named community priority within the Community Plan.
Join us
If you’re one of the many Guelph organizations that provide services, products, employment and expertise in our community, you are a part of the solution. There will be many ways to support this work. The first step is for you to get in touch.
Please reach out to:
Glen Lombard
Manager, Community Engagement
519-822-1260 extension 3957
[email protected]
Implementing the Community Plan
Guelph’s Community Plan presents a vision for the next 10 years and more—a vision shaped and co-created by the community. To keep momentum, the City will continue to work together with the residents, organizations and businesses that helped build the Plan.
We will use international frameworks (World Council on City Data ISO Standard 37120) and local frameworks such as Toward Common Ground and The Guelph Community Foundation’s Vital Signs to measure our progress as a community.