Municipal Development Plan

The City of Lloydminster Municipal Development Plan, known as Connection to our Future, establishes the long term vision for development within the City. It guides growth and development over a 30 year period by outlining the City’s long-term goals, priorities, and strategies.

What are the Core Values outlined in the Municipal Development Plan?

Connection to our Future establishes Core Values that guide the choices made for the future development of the City. These Core Values were established through a series of public engagement opportunities and the establishment of the Community Advisory Committee comprised of residents responsible for providing a wide range of perspectives and establishing values that reflected the wants and needs of the community. The Core Values are:

Belonging

Lloydminster will promote equity and inclusion for everyone and provide ample opportunities to contribute towards city-building and community well-being. Everyone will feel a strong sense of belonging in our city.

Culture

Lloydminster will provide a wide range of opportunities for arts, recreation, and culture. It will also celebrate the diverse cultures of its citizens.

Ecology

Lloydminster will achieve resilience, promote environmental accountability, and strive to preserve and enhance its natural systems.

Innovation

Lloydminster will promote educational excellence, economic diversification, creativity, and strive to achieve prosperity for everyone.

Community Health

Lloydminster will strive to enhance personal and community well-being, improve accessibility and promote healthy lifestyles for all ages and abilities.

Initiative

Lloydminster will promote coordination, cooperation, and collaboration between various stakeholders; provide transparent governance; and establish a business-friendly environment by getting things done in a timely manner.

What are the Community Drivers outlined in the Municipal Development Plan?

Community Drivers, as outlined in Connection to our Future, are the physical and non-physical aspects that directly inform how a city looks, feels, and functions. They are tangible topics or characteristics that we as a community can look to when we make decisions about our future. The five Community Drivers for Lloydminster are:

Urban Form

It refers to the physical characteristics of what we build in the city, including the shape, size, density, and configuration of buildings and infrastructure.

Mobility and Connectivity

It refers to the ways that are available for people and goods to move around the city and the levels of connection they provide.

Climate Resilience

It which refers to our ability to anticipate, prepare for, and respond to hazardous events or disturbances related to climate

Social Equity

It refers to our ability to provide education, justice, equitable opportunities, diversity, and inclusion for all people in our community.

Fiscal Responsibility

It refers to our ability to find a balance, just right for us, between the services our municipal government provides and what we are willing to spend.

How do the Core Values and Community Drivers outlined in the Municipal Development Plan guide development?

The Core Values and Community Drivers outlined in Connection to our Future provide a decision making framework for development related decisions within the City. Planning Services reviews development applications to ensure that all development in the City aligns with the Core Values and the communities preferred approach to each Community Driver as they ae outlined within Connection to our Future.

City of Lloydminster
4420 50 Avenue, Lloydminster
AB/SK, T9V 0W2
Phone: 780-875-6184
Fax: 780-871-8345
Email: info@lloydminster.ca

Planning Services
Operations Centre
6623 52 St,
Lloydminster, AB T9V 3T8
Phone (780) 874-3700
Email planning@lloydminster.ca