| Legal is the ideal community for families. |
- Increased school registrations
- Increased program registrations
- New residential builds
- Reduction of vacancies in rental properties
- Up-to-date social media and website
- Increase in public feedback from events
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- Increase local advertisements and promotion to sell the community's assets.
- Increase external relations to promote the Town as a thriving community welcoming families and businesses.
- Enhance market potential by investing in billboards to get Legal recognized by a larger audience.
- Promote tourism to bring people to Town.
- Increase local event planning.
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| Legal to prioritize collaboration with regional partners. |
- Decrease outgoing expenses
- Consistent regional voice - be at the table
- Explore one regional initiative per year
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- Encourage regular meetings with neighboring councils and administrations to discuss regional issues.
- Complete Inter-municipal Collaboration Frameworks with Sturgeon County.
- Ongoing collaboration with regional partner groups.
- Explore cost sharing ideas with region to improve service delivery and reduce operating costs.
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| Legal has the necessary emergency services for its citizens. |
- Participate in Fire Prevention Week
- Increase volunteer recruitment for the Fire Department
- Reliable EMS
- Decrease emergency service response times
- Meet regularly with key stakeholders
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- Monitor system to ensure that the quality of the emergency services system meets the needs of local residents.
- Lobby the government for improved ambulance services.
- Assist the volunteer emergency services group by being a strong partner to help recruit new members.
- Publically recognize emergency service volunteers.
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| Legal provides support and opportunity for new business and industry. |
- Maintain current local businesses
- Increase store front businesses
- Increase home based businesses
- Decrease vacancies on Main Street
- Collaborate with regional partners
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- Keep planning documents up-to-date to support development (Land Use Bylaw and Municipal Development Plan).
- Advocate for a paved connection to Alberta Heartland.
- Meet with local industrial landowners to discuss development.
- Land inventory on website.
- Promote the use of the Sturgeon County Business Directory.
- Partner with Legal Chamber of Commerce to promote membership with both organizations.
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| Legal meets the recreation and social needs of its residents. |
- Positive feedback from community and program attendance
- Increase community events
- Decrease indicators of crime within the community
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- Ongoing public feedback via local surveys.
- Collaborate on regional programs.
- Explore programs that do not have to be 100% cost recovery.
- Communicate with schools and service groups to identify recreational needs and possible partnerships.
- Support crime reduction programs.
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| Legal is a strong partner in maintaining and strengthening the services we have through education, communication and promotion. |
- Attendance in programs
- Volunteers joining the registry
- Adequate supply of volunteers to run a program
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- Issue personal invitations to events.
- Use of comments/suggestion boxes at events and on projects.
- Increase advertising requests for volunteers in Legal-Lerie and on Social Media.
- Advertise in different newspapers within the surrounding area.
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| Town of Legal is fiscally responsible. ensuring community sustainability. |
- Balanced budgets
- Low debt
- Sufficient reserves
- Maintain infrastructure
- Fully utilize grant monies
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- 5-year budget forecast for Capital Plan
- 5-year budget forecast for other projects
- Prioritize budget items and plan for funding
- Explore grant opportunities
- Collaborate regionally to offer more cost effective program or services.
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| Legal is recognized as a multicultural community with a rich Francophone heritage. |
- Partnership with ACFA
- More bilingual events
- Increased multicultural events
- Achieve competitive advantage through membership with Francophone organizations
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- Meet with Centralta Tourism Society and l'ACFA to brainstorm ideas for promotional strategy for Town murals and Francophone endeavors.
- Showcase bilingual and multiculturalism during community events.
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| Legal has a strong working relationship with the business community. |
- Chamber of Commerce and the Town to have a shared vision
- Respectful relationships with the Town and business organizations
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- Maintain ongoing relationship and discussions with Chamber of Commerce.
- Town of Legal to prepare a presentation as to the benefits of the new website, business memberships, etc. to the Chamber of Commerce for the 2019 AGM.
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| Town of Legal to have a clear and progressive vision for the future of the community. |
- Legal has a vision statement
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- Write a vision and mission statement for the Town.
- Develop guiding principles.
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