Lane County Strategic Planning

The Board of Commissioners adopted the Lane County Strategic Plan 2012-2017 on December 7th, 2011. With input from the County Administrator, directors, and managers, as well as local partners and advisors, the Board revised our mission, vision, and values and set goals for Lane County for the next five years. The Strategic Plan document will be published in January 2012, followed by the development of action plans and timelines.

Lane County Mission & Vision

Lane County Government will work to create a prosperous community by providing collaborative leadership, fair and inclusive decision making and excellent sustainable local governmental services to our residents and guests.

Lane County will be a prosperous community through wise stewardship of its human and natural resources. It is a community that is ambitious in its hopes, creative in its leadership and accountable for the health and welfare of its current and future generation of residents.

Lane County Goals

Public Safety: Improve the quality of life by reducing property crime.
By 2017, reduce property crime in Lane County by 25%.

Public Health: Healthy families with a focus on prevention and children.
By 2017, reduce the rate of Lane County fetal/infant mortality by 16% (to 7.0 per 1,000 births).
By 2017, reduce the rate of substantiated child maltreatment by 20% (from 16.9 per 1,000 in 2010 to 13.5 per 1,000 in 2017).

Economic Development: Make it easier to do business in Lane County.
By December 2013, Lane County will create a revolving loan fund of at least $500,000 to help promote rural business expansion, workforce development, and job creation and retention.
By 2017, Lane County will transform the existing industrial land in Goshen to support increased levels of development resulting in jobs that pay no less than 150% of the median wage.

Lane County Resident Survey

Since 2009, the County has been surveying residents using the National Citizen Survey developed by the National Research Center. The 2009 results established baseline data, to be followed up every two years to identify trends and measure change.

The National Citizen Survey, conducted by the National Research Center and developed in partnership with the International City/County Management Association, has been administered in hundreds of local governments around the country. We’ve chosen this standardized survey instrument to assure high quality research methods as well as the opportunity to compare Lane County’s results to national norms.

Unlike polling regarding specific policies or prioritization of services, the Resident Survey covers a wide range of services across many County funds. Taken together, the focus areas speak to resident opinions about life in Lane County as well local government services.

Getting periodic feedback from residents helps elected leaders, staff, and other County stakeholder to identify challenges and to plan for and evaluate improvements. Ultimately, it makes us better informed about the people we work for – Lane County residents – and tells us how we’re doing. We’re eager to find out and will share the results this spring right here on our website.

Lane County Resident Survey 2011
Lane County Resident Survey 2011 - Overview of Results
Lane County Resident Survey 2011 - Demographic Subgroup Report
Lane County Resident Survey 2011 - Geographic Subgroup Report

Lane County Resident Survey 2009
Lane County Resident Survey 2009 - Demographic Subgroup Report
Lane County Resident Survey 2009 - Geographic Subgroup Report