Burlington’s Plan From Vision to Focus

Our objective is to… Create all-inclusive, thriving, vibrant, healthy, connected, and safe communities with our commitment to…  

1. Managing change and growth while maintaining the high quality of life experienced by our residents  
2. Promoting and supporting our community’s health and well-being  
3. Building communities with green space and large coverage tree canopy  
4. Providing and sustaining a safe city  
5. Increasing affordable and attainable housing  
6. Ensuring housing options and choices are available for all residents so they may find a home to meet their needs  
7. Creating and supporting neighbourhoods and communities that feel connected to each other
8. Investing in mobility options for people, goods and services to move effectively and safely
9. Supporting diverse communities  
10. Attracting diverse businesses  
11. Aligning long-term plans and strategies so community solutions are holistic  
12. Building our community for our children and grandchildren of today and those in the next generations so they can choose to live, work and play in Burlington

1. Creating a positive customer and staff experience every time  
2. Providing accessible and inclusive programs, events and services  
3. Meeting and exceeding established service delivery standards  
4. Expanding and enhancing opportunities to engage, listen and respond to our community  
5. Being proactive to our growing and changing community needs  
6. A staff culture prioritizing our customers and service delivery  
7. Being the city of choice for residents and businesses by reducing red tape and providing high quality services
8. Building awareness and understanding of municipal government through civic education  
9. Assuring diversity, equity and inclusivity are fundamental to all service delivery  
10. Continuing to enhance our beautiful city

1. Maintaining, expanding and adding city parks and green spaces  
2. Investing in City operations to become carbon neutral  
3. Supporting the community work towards being a net carbon neutral community  
4. Growing and sustaining a healthy tree canopy  
5. Supporting the agricultural economy and community within all boundaries  
6. Encouraging low-impact development (e.g. less asphalt, more trees, permeable pavers for parking lots and sidewalks)  
7. Adapting City operations and the community to become more resilient to the impacts of a changing climate
8. Maintaining a 50/50 split between rural and urban boundaries  
9. Keeping the rural communities and economy strong  
10. Protecting, enhancing and restoring biodiversity  
11. Supporting the community in becoming stewards of the natural environment  
12. Promoting small scale mobility solutions (e.g. electric scooters, e-bikes, etc)  
13. Fostering community interest in naturalized spaces (e.g. pollinator gardens, boulevards landscape, etc.)

1. Prioritizing projects and initiatives to optimize City staff and technology resources  
2. Efficient and effective service delivery  
3. Being agile and innovative to inspire people, streamline processes, and leverage technology
4. Advocating for the City’s strategic objectives to all levels of government  
5. Delivering and maintaining fiscally sustainable services and infrastructure  
6. Sustaining and improving a staff culture of respect, care, commitment, and accountability  
7. Seeking upper level government funding to enhance our City assets, programs, and operations  
8. Keeping City staff aware of and understanding the City’s strategic goals and how their work contributes to those goals

• Vision to Focus (V2F) integrated reporting update as of December 31, 2022
• 2018-2022 Burlington’s Plan: From Vision to Focus - Status update as of December 31, 2022
• Read the 2018-2022 Burlington’s Plan: From Vision to Focus as of September 2019