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Raleigh adopts FY26–29 strategic plan to guide city priorities for next four years
Summary
Raleigh City Council on June 17 adopted a new four‑year strategic plan focused on housing, transportation, environmental resilience, organizational improvements and quality of life, directing staff to begin implementation and measurement work ahead of the July 1 start of the plan year.
Raleigh City Council on Tuesday adopted the city''s FY26–29 strategic plan, a community‑informed roadmap that city staff said will steer departmental work plans and budget decisions beginning July 1.
The plan, presented by Office of Strategy and Innovation staff, sets seven key focus areas including housing, transportation and transit, environmental resilience, community safety, economic development and organizational excellence. Christina Laios of the Office of Strategy and Innovation told the council the plan links measurable outcomes to specific initiatives and a governance framework for oversight and implementation.
"This plan gives us a focused and community centered strategy for the future of our city," Laios said during the presentation.
Staff described a yearlong engagement process that included surveys, focus groups and more than a dozen outreach efforts that produced input from roughly 350 residents and over 100 staff members. The plan identifies 11 objectives and 49 initiatives, and staff said the next step is to finalize performance measures and baselines during implementation.
Council members asked how larger, longer‑range "big ideas" (for example, convention center expansion or major corridor reimagining) would be considered alongside the three‑to‑four‑year plan; staff said those projects remain part of departmental work plans and other master planning efforts and will be surfaced in quarterly project updates and at an upcoming fall retreat.
Council discussion also covered committee alignment and how boards and commissions could be matched to the plan''s priorities. Staff said departments will present business plans tied to the strategic goals and that the plan is meant to guide near‑term resource allocation while allowing for adjustments in tactics over time.
The council voted to adopt the plan. Staff will publish the final document and begin the work of developing baselines and performance targets for the initiatives described in the plan.
