Help Implement the New Strategic Plan

2009-2014

Between May and August 2009 hundreds of citizens of the Township of Lake of Bays re-affirmed the Township’s Vision and crafted seven Strategies to work on together as a community.  The Township Council officially adopted the new Community-Based Strategic Plan on October 13^th, 2009 and committed to ensuring that it will guide their actions and decisions in the years to come.   The Council invites the whole community to work together on the strategies.  The first community action-planning day took place on October 16^th, 2009 at the Dwight Community Centre.

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The volunteers who met on October 16^th are looking for other inspired community members to join them in coming up with ways to implement the strategic plan.  If you have an interest in seeing the Vision and Strategies for Lake of Bays Township become reality, volunteer to join one of the strategy teams.  Contact Stefan Szczerbak at 705-635-2272 or planner@lakeofbays.on.ca

Click below to access all the pieces of the Strategic Plan Report:

               Executive Summary

               Community-Based Strategic Plan

               Appendix 1 - Strategy Workshops

               Appendix 2 - Detailed Comments From The Public Meetings

               Appendix 3 - Detailed Comments From Questionnaires

               Appendix 4 - Evaluation Comments

               Appendix 5 - Meeting Notes From August 6th Meeting

    Click below to learn more: 

      Community Demographic Profile

      Key steps in the process

      What is a "strategic plan"?

      Press Releases

     Project Advisory Group

      Who to contact?

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Community Demographic Profile:

This demographic profile has been compiled as part of the community-based strategic planning  work of the Lake of Bays Township.  Due to the size of the  document, it is provided in three sections:

    Highlights

          Profile Document

               Appendices (2MB)

Key steps in the process (2009):

   June        >   Advisory Group formed

                >   Questionnaires distributed

   July          >   3 public input meetings

   August      >   August 6^th planning session

   September  >   Council reviews the strategic plan

   October     >   Public action planning session

                            >   Township staff develop action plans supporting

                        the community strategic plan

What is a “strategic plan”?

A strategic plan helps an organization or township identify its priorities.  Think of it as a road map for the future.  It describes the kind of future the residents of the township want to see.  It outlines where efforts should be focused and what needs to be done to start moving in the direction of the preferred future.  These aspects of a strategic plan are often referred to as a “vision” and “strategies”. 

Council will use the Strategic Plan to guide their decisions about how to spend our tax dollars over the next five years.  Township staff will use it to guide their planning decisions so that their day to day actions reflect what residents want to see.  As well, when the whole township is following the same road map, it helps community organizations decide how to focus their time and energy so that we’re all ‘pulling in the same direction’.

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    June 5th - Lake of Bays Advisory Group Gets Down To Work

       July 7th - Lake of Bays Public Input Meetings Are Just Around

       the Corner!

        August 25th - Lake of Bays Strategic Plan Taking Shape

   September 28th - Lake of Bays Residents Making a Difference

   October 14th - Action Planning Meeting for Lake of Bays Residents

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  Project Advisory Group   

Special thank you to the Project Advisory Group (PAG) volunteers who assisted the facilitators in developing a community consultation process with the goal that

• every citizen of Lake of Bays Township is able to say, "I had ample opportunity to give my input about my community's future", and

• those who provided input are able to say, "My ideas were valued, had an impact, and it was a good use of my time".

PAG members were instrumental in getting the message out to people across the Township.  Thank you to

                                                   Deb Cumming       Herb Hickling

                                                   Kelly Haywood       Fred Landry

                                                   Marie Poirier           Virginia Burgess

For more information contact:

Stefan Szczerbak, Township Planner 

planner@lakeofbays.on.ca    Phone # 705-635-2272

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