Parks Strategic Plan - September 2010

The City of Kitchener would like to thank the individuals and organizations who participated in the Park Master Plan for sharing your vision and ideas for the future, and for your invaluable contributions and commitments to sustaining and improving the quality of life in our great city. [...] Implementation Strategy – Chapter 4 (2) A connected series of Principles and includes three components to direct the Goals intended to guide decision- implementation of the Master Plan: making, directions and strategies (1) Parks System Policies to define the within the Master Plan, and to City’s role, the role of partnerships establish the overall objectives for and the community, and to guide th. [...] The initiatives and actions set out in the relationship between the elements of the Implementation Strategy are linked back to Strategic Framework and the the goals and principles of the Master implementation components of the Master Plan. [...] 1 4 | P a g e C H A P T E R 2 | S T R A T E G I C F R A M E W O R K Principle #1: Healthy Community The City is committed to recognizing and maximizing the contribution of parks to the health and wellnesss of residents and the physical, social and economic environment, and to quality of life. [...] Goals: To initiate, coordinate and manage the continued evolution of parks To establish transparency and integration in decision-making To enlist the support of community partners To leverage and maximize the resources and capabilities of the community To inspire public and private sector investments To provide a parks system that is a model of design and sustainability Principle #3: Engaged Commu.