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Strategic Plan

State of Grand Rapids

Hear from City Manager Mark Washington on what we’ve accomplished over the past year.

Download the Plan

We developed a Strategic Plan for the City of Grand Rapids! It's the first plan of this type for the City, and it covers fiscal years 2020 - 2023 (July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2023).

City of Grand Rapids Strategic Plan in English(PDF, 5MB)

City of Grand Rapids Strategic Plan in Spanish(PDF, 5MB)

Performance Reports

FY2021 Mid-Year Performance Management Update

Special Meeting for Detailed Updates on Key FY2021 Initiatives - February 23, 2021

Economic Outlook & Recovery Update and Overview of FY2021 Citywide Strategic Plan Progress - February 23, 2021

Financial Outlook - February 9, 2021

Mid-Year Performance Management Update Support Report

Presentation(PDF, 5MB)

FY2021 City Commission Priorities Workshop

FY2020 Performance Management Report (Sept. 29, 2020)

FY2020 Mid-Year Performance Management Update (Feb. 25, 2020)

City Commission FY2021 Prioritization Workshop (Nov. 18, 2019)

FY2020 Performance Management Progress Update (Oct. 22, 2019)

Fiscal Plan

The Strategic Plan drives the City’s annual budget. The Fiscal Plan is driven and arranged by strategic priorities and desired outcomes.

Strategic Plan Framework

We developed the below Strategic Plan Framework to give you a sense of:

Where the Strategic Plan fits in with our Master Plan and Fiscal Plans
How our values, vision and mission shape the Strategic Plan
How the plan's priorities, outcomes, objectives, strategies and metrics work together
How the City will hold itself accountable to the plan through annual performance reports and staff performance evaluations

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Values

Our values are what we stand for. They are embedded throughout the entire Strategic Plan and guide all City work.

Vision

Grand Rapids will be nationally recognized as an equitable, welcoming, innovative and collaborative city with a robust economy, safe and healthy community, and the opportunity for a high quality of life for all.

Mission Statement

To elevate quality of life through excellent City services.

Strategic Priorities

Strategic Priorities are what we want to achieve. We've identified 6 Strategic Priorities.

We've created outcomes, objectives, strategies and metrics for each one.

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Digital Town Hall

April 2020 Digital Town Hall

City Manager Mark Washington and Mayor Rosalynn Bliss hold a digital town hall on the state of the City’s budget and services in response to COVID-19.