Submitted by City of Olympia
The City of Olympia is updating the Comprehensive Plan Action Plan and is seeking community member input on early learning and emergency sheltering. Everyone is invited to take an online survey available between now and March 31 at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/actionplan2017 Input from the surveys may lead to new strategies or actions being added to the Action Plan.
In 2014, the Olympia City Council adopted a new Comprehensive Plan with a vision for how our community will grow and develop over the next 20 years. The Action Plan is our community’s “to do” list, with strategies and actions for how we’ll achieve that vision. Each year we will update our Action Plan to include what we’ve done and what actions we want to continue or start next. Visit www.olympiawa.gov/takeaction to learn more about the Action Plan.
There are many strategies with actions that are already underway in 2017. In addition, City Councilmembers have identified the following two topics this year on which to explore possible new strategies and/or actions:
- Early learning.The Action Plan has a strategy of providing high-quality birth to 12-grade education.Early learning includes high-quality childcare and/or interactive and positive learning experiences for children age birth to 5. Whether or not children have benefited from quality early learning is often measured by a child’s readiness to enter kindergarten at age 5.
- Emergency Sheltering. The Action Plan also has a strategy for ensuring all community members have access to housing. During times of very cold and wet weather, emergencies, or disasters, individuals and families in our community may find themselves without access to permanent or temporary housing. How might our community respond to a critical and/or expanded need for shelter space?
