Overview

The City of Lake Geneva has embarked on a visioning and strategic planning project that will produce the City’s first ever Strategic Action Plan.

The Strategic Action Plan is intended to guide the City’s future and assist the Common Council with assessing and prioritizing needs and projects to ensure the most efficient and effective use of City time and resources as well as the development of a governance process that is reflective of current best practices for municipal operations. The strategic planning process will begin with the creation of a Community Vision for Lake Geneva. The Community Vision will set the stage and provide the foundational strategic pillars of the Strategic Action Plan. Public involvement and input will be critical components of the strategic planning process and stakeholders will be provided both in-person and online opportunities to engage with this project.

A successful strategic planning process is based on three primary principles: It is Future Oriented, Data Driven and People Focused.

The ‘future orientation’ is particularly important to take account of rapidly emerging social and technological trends. The ‘data driven’ ensures the plan is built on solid research, public input and information, and is measurable. The ‘people focused’ is important to build support for the vision and goals for the City, and to harness the best possible input into action plan formulation.