Ingersoll Strategic Plan

Vision Statement

Ingersoll is a strong, diverse, green, and sustainable community that respects our people, honours our past and shapes our future.

Mission Statement

We nurture a community that respects all and offers sustainable services and amenities that promote a quality of living that makes us proud to call Ingersoll home.

Strategic Goals

The following strategic goals align to the Plan’s strategic pillars of communications and operations excellence, economic development, residential growth and community prosperity, and collaborative partnerships and infrastructure. Specific priorities and objectives to be achieved in the short, medium and long-term have been identified for each goal and are communicated in the Plan.

• GOAL: The Town of Ingersoll invests in people, processes, and programs to deliver innovative efficiencies and respectful customer service.
• GOAL: By retaining and expanding our existing businesses, and attracting new and varied investment and visitor spending, the Town of  Ingersoll will diversify its economy and revitalize its commercial centre.
• GOAL: To stimulate prosperity in the community, the Town of Ingersoll provides a superb life experience for residents and best-in-class operating conditions for businesses.
• GOAL: The Town of Ingersoll leverages all personal and professional relationships in mutually beneficial ways to reduce the impacts of challenges, and to share the costs and improve the benefits of opportunities.

Community Engagement

Community engagement is a key element of Council’s decision-making process and is one of the most important aspects of the development of the strategic plan. To capture as many voices and opinions as possible, the Town, with the assistance of MDB Insight hosted two virtual interactive workshops, one for the business community and another for residents of the Town of Ingersoll. In addition to the workshops, feedback was also collected through a community-wide survey.

Through these various channels we sought to obtain the public’s thoughts on:

• Ingersoll’s strengths and areas for improvement;
• The challenges the Town may face in the future;
• Gaps that exist in our programming and services;
• Suggestions for programming and services that the Town should develop or revitalize; and
• Key goals and objectives necessary for future success