The City of Rockaway Beach is building a plan with the help of the community to guide the organization in serving all Rockaway Beach residents and visitors over the next five years. Rockaway Beach strives to ensure the city is a safe, accessible, and welcoming place for all who live, work, play, and visit the city. The City is engaging the community, businesses, local community-based organizations, City staff, and visitors in this engagement effort to result in a plan that will serve as a five-year roadmap for the organization in planning for the future.
The strategic plan will include an updated vision, values, and goals reflective of the current community and organizational needs, as well as an action plan to achieve the goals. The plan will also provide an implementation structure to promote accountability and transparency of the goals and focus on improving the City’s service delivery to the community. In June, the Rockaway Beach City Council and staff gathered for a workshop to kick off the strategic planning process. The team discussed the current community challenges and opportunities and began the process of imagining the future of Rockaway Beach. Most importantly, the team discussed ideas for engaging the community in this process to ensure the engagement is inclusive of all who utilize the City’s resources and community assets.
An online community survey will open Friday, June 28 through July 31 to collect ideas and understand the priorities from community members to guide the development of the strategic plan.
How to get involved
As the City develops a plan, we are thinking about a sustainable future, accessible services and amenities, and an inclusive and welcoming community for all. We want Rockaway Beach to be a great place to live, work, play and visit. Additionally, the City of Rockaway Beach wants to work with community leaders, business owners, and ensure we are planning a future that best reflects the needs of Rockaway Beach now and into the future.
Your ideas will help us as we plan for potential new programs, service improvements, economic development, tourism, parks, housing, and more. Your input will go directly to policy makers and City staff to guide the development of the strategic plan.
There are many ways to get involved and share your ideas for the future. Visit CORB.us to learn more about the project and sign up for engagement opportunities.
• Take the community survey! Please take the community survey to share your perspective, ideas, and comments with us! Community input will guide the development of the plan and inform where we will focus our time, energy, and resources over the next five years. Take the survey by following this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RockawaySP
• Sign up for a focus group! Do you want to meet with others to have some in-depth discussion? You can email us to participate in a focus group here: RockawayBeach@strategic-plan.org.
• Get the neighbors together! Are you part of a neighborhood or community group that wants to learn more and get involved? Set up a time to have a member of our team share more information with your group and gather your ideas. Contact RockawayBeach@strategic-plan.org.
We will continue to engage the community through the summer. Please be sure to follow City of Rockaway Beach on social media, sign up for the City email list, and visit CORB.US/StrategicPlan for more information.
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