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Garner launches strategic‑plan refresh to guide priorities, benchmarks and accountability through 2026
Summary
Staff outlined a 12–18 month strategic‑plan refresh aimed at producing a five‑year plan to align priorities, budgets and performance monitoring. The process will include SOAR analysis, a repeat National Community Survey, multiple stakeholder workshops and a mechanism for quarterly monitoring.
The Town of Garner presented a framework on Oct. 7 to refresh its strategic plan with a goal of updating priorities and creating a measurable, accountable implementation system for the next five years.
Assistant Town Manager Matt Pope told the council the refresh will collect existing plans and studies, engage staff and the public, and develop five to seven SMART objectives to drive annual budgets and performance monitoring. "A strategic…
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