Strategic Plan

Spruce Grove, like most municipalities in Alberta, is experiencing unprecedented growth. With growth comes great opportunities as well as increased expectations and pressures on city facilities, amenities and services. This strategic plan serves as the foundation for the City of Spruce Grove to ensure a long-term plan is in place to help maximize opportunities, to manage pressures and to ensure Spruce Grove is the best place to work, live and play.

This plan looks into the future and sets goals and strategies for the next three years. Some of these will be achieved in this time period while others will take longer. The plan will be updated annually to reflect changing trends, demographics, community needs, opportunities and expectations. This plan will guide the city and help it evolve as the community changes and grows.

The 2013 – 2015 Strategic Plan is built on four themes:

• Sustainability
• Economic development
• Partnerships
• Continuing to enhance services

Various subject-specific visioning documents and public consultative reports served as valuable information in the formation of the strategic plan. Such documents included but were not limited to: Municipal Development Plan, Capital Region Growth Plan, Environmental Sustainability Action Plan, Economic Development Strategy 2010 – 2020 (Partnership for Prosperity) and the results from the 2011 Public Satisfaction survey.

This plan challenges the city to find an appropriate balance between community interests with broader community needs. Woven throughout the plan and supporting the four themes are fiscal responsibility, effective communication and social awareness. This support is critical to building a solid foundation and to successfully achieving the goals and strategies in the plan.

This strategic plan will help guide subsequent business and operational plans for the organization.

Vision

We seek to be a full-service, sustainable urban centre, while staying true to the values and principles that built and define us.

Mission

We are an active, safe and diverse family-oriented community that is well-run, well-maintained and well-respected.

Core values

Leadership

• Creating opportunities for business and residents to grow and prosper
• Providing a model that sets a standard of excellence that others will want to follow
• Respecting the generations and the value that they bring to the community
• Creating an environment that fosters a sense of community spirit and pride
• Providing and encouraging a community conducive to safe and healthy living

Openness and responsiveness

• Engaging stakeholders in meaningful dialogue
• Communicating relevant information with clarity and accuracy in a timely manner
• Demonstrating a caring attitude

Outward looking and forward thinking

• Thinking strategically and planning for the future, being innovative and open to new ideas

Service excellence

• Being honest and demonstrating integrity in all of our dealings with our customers
• Taking pride in delivering the best service possible
• Demonstrating best business practices

Good governance

• Engaging in the adoption of effective and appropriate governance practices
• Ensuring council and management understand and appropriately act on their roles

Strategic goals

Goal One: Sustainability

The City of Spruce Grove will proactively and collaboratively work to promote sustainability in all its forms.

Goal Two: Economic Development

The City of Spruce Grove will promote the development of economic opportunities and attractions and the diversification of Spruce Grove’s industrial and commercial tax base.

Goal Three: Partnerships

The City of Spruce Grove will continue to seek partnerships that create opportunities for improved collaboration and enhancement of services, programs and facilities that benefit the community.

Goal Four: Continuing to Enhance Services

The City of Spruce Grove will continue to improve and enhance its services, promoting improvements and efficiencies in delivering services to the community and in the internal operations of the City itself.

For more information see the 2013 - 2015 Strategic Plan