The City of Peterborough develops plans, policies and reports to set objectives and guide our activities on behalf of the community. Plans show what we've done and what we want to achieve in support of our community. City Council approves policies that direct how we conduct our activities. And reports outline staff recommendations, updates, and high-level overviews.
Strategic Plan
Our Vision - PETERBOROUGH2050: Build a Future-Ready City with a forward-looking, contemporary community, thriving in creativity and a modern economy. The Peterborough of tomorrow will be bold, innovative, progressive, caring, vibrant, inclusive, prosperous, and sustainable, a place that respects its past, heritage, culture, and readily embraces its future with excitement and renewed vigor. Leading Today for Tomorrow will ensure our City’s fair share of respect and economic growth, locally as well as globally.
Our Mission - The Corporation of the City of Peterborough is committed to deliver proactive, effective, and efficient service delivery through a collaborative, engaged, and value-driven organizational culture to Peterborough’s growing and diverse community.
Introduction
The City of Peterborough’s Mayor and Members of Council are very excited and proud to present the 2023-2050 City of Peterborough Strategic Plan. This plan represents what we all heard on the campaign trail and continue to hear and includes the priorities and passion from all of us elected to serve for the next four years. The development of this Strategic Plan was a collaborative process whereby we discussed the issues and opportunities facing Peterborough and collectively agreed to the plan and priorities. This plan sets the administrative direction necessary for the City services delivery to become more resilient and responsive against a backdrop of limited resources, an ongoing global pandemic, growing socioeconomic inequality, and the growing need to become more sustainable in response to climate change.
This document identifies the vision, mission, values, and strategic priorities pillars of the City of Peterborough, which in turn, will lay the foundation for the development of business and work plans for City departments. The Strategic Plan will be reviewed regularly during current and future Council term(s) to assess progress and adjust as necessary. As strategic priorities move to an operational level, and are accomplished, Council will review and renew the priorities on a regular basis. This living document provides a clear roadmap, focusing resources and energies on priority projects and initiatives that benefit the people who live, work, play, visit and invest in our City. It is a framework for critical decision making and sets the direction for our future and outlines where we need to change today to realize our vision for PETERBOROUGH, a City where everyone will have the ability to grow and succeed.
If you have any comments or questions, please email us at COP_Councillors@peterborough.ca.
Our values
Trust & Integrity: We will deliver exceptional public service by doing the right things, with personal accountability, transparency, consistency, and respect. We will work together and lead by example by taking on important community issues and instilling confidence in our governance.
Engagement & Openness: We will proactively collaborate to engage the community on a regular basis, welcoming new ideas and perspectives, embracing creativity, diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Compassion & Teamwork: We value and care about the needs of our Community and Organization (residents, businesses, and employees). We will inspire authentic leadership with a sense of belonging at all levels, empowered to push forward the contributions that will transform our community. We collaborate across departments to achieve our goals. We work in partnership with our community. We are ONE COMMUNITY TOGETHER, ONE TEAM, with a common purpose.
