Goal 3: A connected and safe community

Our aspiration is to be a city that includes, supports, connects and uses the talents and advantages of the whole community in the pursuit of prosperity and wellbeing.

• Connected Community Strategy

  We will work to make it easy for Palmerston North citizens to connect with each other and to the services, infrastructure, facilities, drinking water quality and opportunities that support individual development, health, prosperity and wellbeing, for the greater good of our community as a whole.

• Active Citizenship Plan

  This plan sets out Council's commitment to engaging in a variety of ways to maximise the opportunity for Palmerston North people and organisations to participate in decision-making.

• Community Services and Facilities Plan

  This plan determines Council’s role in developing and supporting community centres, libraries, and other facilities, and sets out the ways we'll support people to learn and connect with others.

• Community Support Plan

  How Council will support the community and voluntary sector through grants funding, advocacy, facilitation, collaboration, and capacity building.

• Healthy Community Plan

  This plan sets out our commitment to facilitating better access to health services, and our commitment to concrete strategies that promote healthy lifestyles, including smokefree, sun-smart and healthy food initiatives.

• Safe Community Plan

  This plan shows Council’s commitment to increasing and promoting safety in a range of areas, including the design of public places, city streets, readiness for natural disaster, alcohol-related harm, and family well-being.

• Social Housing Plan

  A plan to guide the review and development of Council’s role in advocacy, support and provision of housing for people on low incomes.