Vision St. Louis Park

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Vision 4.0 (2024 – 2025)

Every 10 years, the City of St. Louis Park reviews and updates the strategic priorities that staff and elected officials use to guide planning and decision-making over the next decade. In 2024, elected officials, city staff and community members will revisit the community vision process for Vision 4.0.

Help direct the city’s future by contributing to the Vision 4.0 process! Over the next year, there will be several opportunities for community members to get involved and provide feedback. A community committee will also be formed to help provide ongoing feedback on the visioning process.

Community committee

The city is looking for 8 – 12 community members to serve on the community committee to help champion the Vision 4.0 process and engage the community. Members will act as ambassadors to help bridge the gap between the community and city staff and to increase engagement and participation.

Members will meet monthly with city staff and the city’s consultant to provide input on the Vision process. They may also be asked to participate in some community/engagement events.

The Vision 4.0 Community Committee application window closed Sept. 2. Submitted applications are now under review. Keep an eye on this page or sign up for updates for other ways to get involved.

Stay up to date

If you are interested in receiving updates on the Vision 4.0 process and public input opportunities, sign up to receive email updates through GovDelivery.

Additional updates will be posted on this page as they become available.

Strategic priorities

St. Louis Park is committed to:

Being a leader in racial equity and inclusion in order to create a more just and inclusive community for all.
Continue to lead in environmental stewardship.
Providing a broad range of housing and neighborhood-oriented development.
Providing a variety of options for people to make their way around the city comfortably, safely and reliably.
Creating opportunities to build social capital through community engagement.

Previous Vision processes

View the 2016 – 2017, 2005 – 2006, and 1995 – 1996 vision processes below.

2016 – 2017 Vision 3.0 process

More than 1,500 people in the community participated in St. Louis Park’s Vision 3.0 community engagement process during 2016 – 2017. Another 4,600 people provided comments and ideas for St. Louis Park’s future.

Community involvement activities included 38 community conversations about the future of St. Louis Park conducted by 65 specially trained resident facilitators, two in-person town hall meetings, two Facebook Live town hall meetings, a survey, questions of the week on social media, and “One Wish for St. Louis Park” chalkboards at 20 locations and events throughout the community.

The Vision 3.0 report provided recommendations to focus on, and the process informed the city council’s strategic priorities and the development of the 2040 Comprehensive Plan.

2005 – 2006 Vision Process

During 2005 – 2006, Vision St. Louis Park was a communitywide process aimed at creating a community where people would make a conscious choice to make St. Louis Park their lifelong home. It was created by the community and included representatives from neighborhoods, businesses, community organizations, government, schools and religious institutions.

Vision St. Louis Park inspired many projects that have been implemented by the city, school district and community organizations. Learn more from the Vision — Discover, Dream, Design brochure.

The city council used the outcomes of this Vision process to develop the Vision Strategic Directions 18-Month Guide and adopted four strategic directions to guide actions and carry out the Vision recommendations.

Strategic directions

The city adopted the following strategic directions:

St. Louis Park is committed to being a connected and engaged community.
St. Louis Park is committed to being a leader in environmental stewardship. We will increase environmental consciousness and responsibility in all areas of city business.
St. Louis Park is committed to providing well-maintained and diverse housing options.
St. Louis Park is committed to promoting and integrating arts, culture and community aesthetics in all city initiatives, including implementation where appropriate.

1995 – 1996 Vision Process

The first community vision process began in 1995 with a 37-member steering committee composed of individuals representing residents, government, schools, businesses, community organizations and religious institutions. Information collected from resident surveys and focus group interviews became the basis for communitywide vision and goals. View the 1995 – 1996 Vision report.

The 1995 – 1996 Vision process created:

Our Vision for the Future – St. Louis Park: our community of choice for a lifetime ...

Diversity is a natural part of everyday life that enriches the entire community.
Responsive service is a hallmark of city government.
It is a safe environment in which to live, work and learn.
Educational opportunities for all ages abound because a high value is placed on lifelong learning.
Children are a top priority for the entire community.
A wide spectrum of quality housing is available to meet residents' housing needs through all stages of life.
Business provides a solid base for the community and benefits from strong support from residents, schools and government.
Residents have strong connections to the community thanks to community pride, civic commitment, mutual respect and neighborliness.

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