The Our City Our Future Vision

The “Our City Our Future” Vision paints a picture of Lincoln in 2020. It describes the key issues, opportunities and priorities that need to be addressed in order to achieve it. The vision has been agreed through extensive consultation, providing ownership and a clear and consistent approach to its delivery and realisation. The vision is firmly based on local needs, underpinned by a shared evidence base informed by community aspirations. The vision is set out in this document alongside the key priorities for change.

Our Vision for Lincoln “A well-run, creative City of sustainable neighbourhoods and ambitious people, which is internationally renowned for its culture, economy, and special character. Lincoln is a great place to live and work, which unlocks the potential in all people and all places, and provides an enviable quality of life.”

The Sustainable Community Strategy Vision for Lincoln is available to download below.

There are many challenges facing Lincoln over the next 20 years that the strategy will need to respond to in order to realise the vision. There are three strands to the strategy which interlink to provide an integrated and effective approach to delivery of the vision.

		Strengthening Lincoln’s role as a Regional Centre To sustain and develop the role of Lincoln as an important centre for the county and region, and address the need for investment in the services and infrastructure required to achieve this.
		Developing Lincoln as a sustainable city To sustain and develop the role of Lincoln as an important centre for the county and region, and address the need for investment in the services and infrastructure required.
		Targeting our neighbourhoods and regenerating our communities To ensure that the needs and priorities of existing residents are addressed at a neighbourhood level.

Through the development of a robust evidence base priorities for action have been agreed:

• Our Children and Young People - Increasing aspiration and achievement
• Our Health - Tackling health inequalities
• Our Economy - Ensuring sustainable economic growth
• Our Environment - Responding to climate change and environmental sustainability
• Our Safety - Lowering crime and improving community safety
• Our City – Creation of places that support sustainable communities

Each of these priorities will be supported by a delivery plan detailing the outcomes, targets and partnership actions required to deliver the vision. How performance will be measured and managed will also be identified.

The delivery plans are currently being developed and more information will follow. If you would like further information in the mean time, please visit the Contact Us page here.

Documents

Sustainable Community Strategy - Vision

LSP Vision Presentation

State of the City Report 2008 Presentation

Please note that there is also a Lincoln Sustainable Community Strategy DVD that has been produced. Unfortunately, this is not available at this time. A final version will be available to view shortly. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Last updated:  16th June 2009