Developing our plan

ABOUT OUR PLAN

The Lake Macquarie City Community Strategic Plan describes how we will achieve our city’s vision, in line with our community’s values, priorities and aspirations. The plan outlines where we are now and identifies key challenges and risks for the city over the next 10 years. Its purpose is to plan objectives and strategies to address these issues and ultimately achieve our longterm goals. This plan is based on feedback from residents who participated in an online survey and discussion forums, an independent telephone survey, pop-up sessions across the city and a community focus group during 2021. We describe how we engaged with our community to develop this plan and outline their feedback, including what our community wants our city to look like in 2032. The plan has been prepared with regard to the social justice principles of access, equity, participation and rights, and addresses the social, environmental, economic and civic leadership/governance matters facing our community over the next decade. The Community Strategic Plan is a plan for our whole community, and responsibility for achieving our city’s vision rests with everyone. When the plan refers to “we” and “our,” it means the collective Lake Macquarie community including Council, other levels of government, businesses, other organisations and residents. Council will take a lead role in implementing this plan. However, partnerships with other levels of government, individuals, industry and community organisations will be crucial to achieving our goals.