APPROVED: Council’s Executive Manager, Regional Activation – Projects, Christine Priest and Mayor of the City of Wagga Wagga Councillor Dallas Tout are encouraging our community to check out the newly adopted Wagga Wagga 2050 - Community Strategic Plan (CSP).

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Council adopts Wagga Wagga 2050 - Community Strategic Plan

Published: 07 May 2025 1:31pm

The Wagga Wagga 2050 - Community Strategic Plan (CSP)has been officially adopted, with Council approving the document at its Ordinary Meeting on Monday 28 April.

The CSP is the highest-level plan that Council will prepare. It identifies the community’s main priorities and aspirations for the future and was developed through strong collaboration and engagement with the community.

Feedback gathered from residents and visitors was incorporated into the draft plan which was placed on public exhibition from 12 February to 28 March 2025, after which it was presented to Council for adoption.

Council’s Executive Manager Regional Activation – Projects, Christine Priest, said that over 2,500 submissions were received as part of the 12-month long community engagement conducted.

“Across 2023 and 2024, Council delivered a series of public consultation opportunities in order to inform our local community of the development of the CSP and ask for your ideas,” Ms Priest said.

“During the consultation for the development of the plan and the public exhibition of the draft document, Council visited locations across the Wagga Wagga local government area to hold face-to-face sessions, group presentations and individual meetings, and people also had the opportunity to provide feedback online.

“Council would like to thank everyone who provided feedback on the CSP. We reviewed all the submissions and, where possible, incorporated the feedback into the final document.”

A close up of a document that is being flipped through with a woman's hands.

Based on the community’s vision for our future there are four key focus areas; Vibrant, Growing, Sustainable, and Regional Leadership, which will direct Council’s plans moving towards 2050.

The Community Strategic Plan informs all of Council’s other planning documents as they aim to deliver on the strategies identified in the CSP.

For example, the Delivery Program (Council’s ‘to-do’ list over the next four years) and Operational Plan (action to be taken over the next 12 months), both of which Council is currently working on, are informed by the CSP.

These draft plans are currently being developed by Council and will be on public exhibition in May and June this year.

Council has also made a commitment to develop village specific plans over the coming 12 months based on community feedback.

These plans will incorporate the feedback received from villages and set out the future directions and plans specific to these locations.

View the published Wagga Wagga 2050 - Community Strategic Plan