Future Owen Sound: Vision 2050

Update October 2025:

Future Owen Sound: Vision 2050 Strategic Plan was approved. Click here to see the final Vision 2050 document and plan.

Overview:

Over the past few years, the municipal landscape, in terms of both challenges and opportunities, has changed dramatically. Future Owen Sound—Vision 2050 is responding to this new reality. The new vision will build on the important work that informed the previous Strategic Plan Refresh. The process will leverage existing local expertise while creating space for capacity building and collective learning. The process will also include an especially wide range of people and perspectives. The Future Owen Sound—Vision 2050 initiative is being led by the municipality, but given its extraordinarily inclusive and creative community engagement process, its success will ultimately be determined by the ongoing contributions of everyone.

The Future Owen Sound: Vision 2050 final document was recommended for Council to approve by the Strategic Planning Ad Hoc Committee on September 24, 2025.

Council will receive the minutes from Committee on October 6, 2025.

Visioining Sessions:

The Strategic Planning Community Engagement Sessions were held November 8th - November 10th.

This strategic planning process is centred on acknowledging local insights and collective learning. To achieve this goal, Ms. Pitter's practice developed information briefs related to each priority including evidence-based information, key facts and considerations focused on Owen Sound's local context, and precedents from other communities. This information is intended to support thoughtful and productive conversations. We encourage you to take a moment to review the information briefs listed under 'Documents' on this page or linked below:

• Safe City information brief
  

• Prosperous City information brief

• Fostering Mutually Beneficial and Respectful Relationships information brief

• A City That Moves information brief

• City Building information brief

• Celebrating and Embracing Culture information brief

• Green and Resilient City information brief

Survey

The Future Owen Sound—Vision 2050 survey resulted in resulted in nearly 1,000 surveys completed and more than 5,000 qualitative responses recorded.

Click here for the Future Owen Sound - Vision 2050 Survey Report