15 June, 2023
New Strategic Plan for Naracoorte Lucindale Council
Naracoorte Lucindale Council has adopted a Strategic Plan with six key strategic directions for 2023-2033 and a suite of priority actions for 2023-2028.
An extensive community engagement process facilitated by Jeff Tate Consulting led to the development of the new Strategic Plan. Focus group sessions, community meetings and a community survey determined what was important to the community in both the short and long term.
Following Local Government Elections in late 2022, the review and development of a new Strategic Plan presented a key opportunity for the Council to set a fresh direction and plan for and respond to an ever-evolving community, organisation and complex external environment.
The Strategic Plan sets the vision, outcomes, and priority actions for the future and helps inform the Council’s Long-Term Financial Plan and Asset Management Plans.
The six key strategic directions in the Plan for the Council over the next 10 years are:
- Plan for and manage growth
- Embrace our cultural diversity
- Grow the visitor economy and our regional service hub
- Preserve our natural environment and enhance our built assets
- Invest in key infrastructure and assets
- Activate our recreation, events, arts and culture opportunities
More than 30 priority actions for the next 5 years are also identified in the Plan.
Throughout the life of the Strategic Plan, the Council will undertake review points along the way to ensure the Plan remains relevant to the Council and the community, including a mid-term review of the Plan in 2025-26 and a major review of the Plan in 2026-27 following the 2026 Local Government Elections.
The Council will also report on a number of Community Wellbeing Indicators against the Plan through half-yearly reports and its Annual Report to generate and provide a new level of information and form a data resource for the community.
The Community Wellbeing Indicators will enable ongoing monitoring of the community’s wellbeing and will mainly be drawn from external sources such as Census data. Key measures such as population growth, dwelling and land division numbers, community volunteering rates, socio-economic factors, education levels, visitation numbers, Gross Regional Product, employment rates and business numbers will track the Community Wellbeing Indicators.
You can read through the Council’s new Strategic Plan on our website by clicking HERE.
It can be viewed as a flipbook or downloaded as a PDF.
Media Spokespeople:
Mayor Patrick Ross - email patrick.ross@nlc.sa.gov.au, phone 0427 658 049
Trevor Smart, CEO - email trevor.smart@nlc.sa.gov.au, phone 87601100
General Media Enquiries:
Josie Collins, Community Engagement Officer - email josie.collins@nlc.sa.gov.au, phone 87601100