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The Way We Live: Edmonton's People Plan ... - City of Edmonton

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the <strong>Way</strong> <strong>We</strong> live<br />

introDuction<br />

<strong>The</strong> <strong>Way</strong> <strong>We</strong> <strong>Live</strong>: <strong>Edmonton</strong>’s <strong>People</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> was created<br />

with the input <strong>of</strong> thousands <strong>of</strong> edmontonians including<br />

seniors, children, youth, adults, families and seniors,<br />

the city’s widely diverse multicultural and aboriginal<br />

communities, business, community, arts, sport,<br />

cultural and recreational organizations.<br />

<strong>The</strong> <strong>Way</strong> <strong>We</strong> <strong>Live</strong>: <strong>Edmonton</strong>’s <strong>People</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> was<br />

approved by <strong>City</strong> Council on july 7, 2010. the plan<br />

advances <strong>The</strong> <strong>Way</strong> Ahead: <strong>Edmonton</strong>’s Strategic <strong>Plan</strong><br />

10-year goal <strong>of</strong> improving edmonton’s livability and<br />

integrates with, complements, and adds to, the <strong>City</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />

edmonton’s other long-range corporate directional<br />

plans — <strong>The</strong> <strong>Way</strong> <strong>We</strong> Grow, <strong>The</strong> <strong>Way</strong> <strong>We</strong> Move and<br />

<strong>The</strong> <strong>Way</strong> <strong>We</strong> Green.<br />

<strong>The</strong> <strong>Way</strong> <strong>We</strong> <strong>Live</strong>: <strong>Edmonton</strong>’s <strong>People</strong> <strong>Plan</strong><br />

acknowledges the municipal government’s role in<br />

bringing people together to create a civil, socially<br />

sustainable and caring society where people<br />

have opportunities to thrive and realize their<br />

potential in a safe, attractive city.<br />

this 10-year corporate directional plan<br />

positions local government as a caring entity<br />

that creates a diverse and inclusive city by<br />

connecting people, creating communities<br />

where people can age in place and by actively<br />

nurturing an arts, culture and athletic<br />

community.<br />

all <strong>of</strong> the strategic policy directions<br />

identified in <strong>The</strong> <strong>Way</strong> <strong>We</strong> <strong>Live</strong>: <strong>Edmonton</strong>’s<br />

<strong>People</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> will be implemented through<br />

annual corporate and departmental<br />

business plans and master plans.

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