LaSalle understands the importance of safeguarding taxpayer money and natural environment. We are committed to demonstrating integrity and respect for the Town’s natural and financial assets and their value.
Strategic Plan
LaSalle 2050
LaSalle’s refreshed Strategic Plan sets a purposeful roadmap for how the Town will continue to serve
its residents, support local businesses, and strengthen community partnerships to create a community
with an unmatched qualify of life for residents today and for generations to come. This update, completed in late 2024/early 2025, to the 2050 Strategic Plan, reaffirms core priorities and includes updates that respond to changing circumstances while staying grounded in the Town’s long-term vision and community values.
In April 2019, LaSalle Council engaged StrategyCorp to lead the process to develop a new strategic plan. This plan determines the future direction for LaSalle into the year 2050.
Strategic planning is about managing change and making decisions today that will shape our tomorrow. It will become a foundational element of our municipality lead by today's Council members and those in the future.
This plan is intended to be inclusive, accessible, and far-reaching. The Town is looking forward to the opportunity to work with businesses, residents, and visitors to achieve its’ objectives.
The Town of LaSalle's Vision
An unmatched quality of life
LaSalle’s Vision Statement is a forward-looking, aspirational declaration that describes the Town’s
ideal future state over the long term. This declaration is one that LaSalle can always be striving for
since it should always be just out of reach. It provides a sense of purpose and inspiration for the Town’s
leadership, staff, and community to work towards.
The Town of LaSalle's Mission
Provide exceptional public services for the people who live, work, and visit LaSalle in an environmentally and fiscally responsible manner.
LaSalle’s Mission Statement is a forward-looking, aspirational declaration that describes the Town’s
ideal future state over the long term. This declaration is one that LaSalle can always be striving for
since it should always be just out of reach. It provides a sense of purpose and inspiration for the Town’s
leadership, staff, and community to work towards. The Town’s Mission Statement articulates what the
Town does, who it is working for, and how it works toward advancing its vision.
The Town of LaSalle's Values
In pursuit of our Vision and Mission, we recognize the need for a strong foundation to guide our actions and decisions. Our core values reflect what makes LaSalle unique. They are the principles that ground us, shape how we serve, and express what makes our community exceptional.
These values are more than words; they are the shared commitments that define how we work
together and what we stand for as a Town.
LaSalle’s staff are passionate about public service and are committed to our jobs and roles as active and engaged ambsassadors of our community.
LaSalle believes in mutual trust and cooperation between Council and adminsitration, across Town departments, and in partnership with the community.
LaSalle demonstrates leadership and courage through evidence-based decisionmaking that ensures we are investing today for an even better community tomorrow.
LaSalle is committed to preserving the public trust. We proudly honour our commitments and value organizational transparency between the Town and our community.
LaSalle is available and responsive to input from across the community. We value diverse ideas and collective input to ensure that LaSalle is welcoming and inclusive place for all.
The Town of LaSalle's Strategic Directions and Goals
This plan sets out 11 Strategic Goals organized into four primary Strategic Directions that establish
the Town’s key priorities over the next five years.
The Strategic Goals are specific objectives and outcomes the Town will take practical steps to achieve.
Each one is supported by Strategic Initiatives that allow the Town to monitor and report on progress
towards these goals through their implementation.
The Strategic Directions help organize the Town’s Goals, but they also describe the high-level areas
of focus the Town must prioritize to meaninfully advance its vision and mission. The Strategic Goals
and Initiatives are not exhaustive, and the Strategic Directions therefore support the overall flexibiity
of the plan to guide the municipality on those decisions that are not clearly specified in the Goals and
intitiatives.
Direction 1: Public Services and Infrastructures
Deliver high-quality municipal services that are innovative, adaptive, and responsive to evolving community needs.
Strategic Goals
1. Continue to enhance and innovate municipal services and infrastructure.
2. Elevate service level performance planning and decision-making.
3. Strengthen the Town’s role in mitigating and improving resiliency to climate change.
Direction 2: Community Connections
Strengthen the Town’s connection with residents, relationships with key partners, and approach to engaging the community and its partners on shared priorities.
Strategic Goals
4. Maintain and strengthen the community’s connection with nature, heritage asserts, and cultural identity.
5. Proactively adapt and evolve how the Town communicates, engages, collaborates, and coordinates with residents, and community partners.
6. Strengthen the Town’s profile of engagement with other levels of government.
Direction 3: Economic and Community Vibrancy
Create the conditions to encourage local investment, diversify economic growth, and foster safe and dynamic neighbourhoods that attract and retain local businesses.
Strategic Goals
7. Pursue and invest in opportunities to spur local economic diversification and growth.
8. Continue to promote and facilitate growth and diverse housing options.
9. Promote LaSalle as a safe and welcoming community.
Direction 4: Organization and Culture
Ensure the Town’s leadership, staff, and culture are structured and resourced appropriately to support service excellence and organizational resilience.
Strategic Goals
10. Foster an organizational culture of engagement, communication, and recognition among the Town’s staff.
11. Strengthen strategic workforce development to expand organizational skills and capacity.
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Town of LaSalle
5950 Malden Road
LaSalle, ON N9H 1S4
T. 519-969-7770
F. 519-969-4469
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