Town Launches Engagement to Create New Whitby Community Strategic Plan

What’s your vision for Whitby? What do you think makes the Town unique? What are your top priorities for the community? The Town of Whitby and Council Members are working together to create a new Community Strategic Plan to help make Whitby an even better place to live, work, and play – and want to hear from you.

Once complete, the Plan will provide a shared Vision, Goals, and Objectives for how Town staff and Council will deliver on community priorities over the next four years, and beyond. The Plan will include measurable action items that the Town will report on annually to openly evaluate progress.

The first phase of engagement to help inform the development of the Plan starts today. There will be two opportunities to get involved:

• Phase One (now open) – complete an online survey by March 12 to help shape the Plan’s Vision and Strategic Pillars and be entered for the chance to win prizes
• Phase Two – engagement on the draft Community Strategic Plan for Whitby – launching this April

Feedback collected during both phases will be used to develop Whitby’s draft Community Strategic Plan to be presented to Council for final approval later this year.

“The need for a community plan for Whitby is something I heard loud and clear from our residents, businesses, and partners during my election campaign. This Plan will help to shape the future of our community – it will define what we aspire to and how we will get there. It’s important that we hear from as many people as possible to ensure that everyone’s voice is heard and that the Plan is a true reflection of our community’s priorities.”

-        Elizabeth Roy, Mayor, Town of Whitby

“This Community Strategic Plan will provide an important roadmap for how Town staff and Council will collaborate to deliver on the priorities that matter to our community. Feedback collected will build on what we have heard through other recent engagement projects, like the budget process, and help to define a vision and goals that we can drive forward together on behalf of our community.”

-        Matt Gaskell, Chief Administrative Officer, Town of Whitby

More Information

To complete the survey or learn more about the Community Strategic Plan, visit connectwhitby.ca/CommunityPlan.

For media inquiries, please contact:

Erin Mikaluk, Manager, Communications and Creative Services, Town of Whitby
Phone: 289.314.6913
Email: mikaluke@whitby.ca

Jillian Follert, Public Affairs Coordinator, Office of the Mayor
Phone: 289.387.9101
Email: follertj@whitby.ca