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Olathe 2040

Olathe 2040: Future Ready continues the City of Olathe’s community-based strategic planning efforts. It is designed to provide direction for Olathe’s path during the next 20 years. The Olathe 2040 strategic plan will guide policy development, prioritize demands and opportunities, and generate an implementation plan to realize Olathe’s reshaped vision. This important tool is developed through the lens of community visionaries with specific goals, targets, measures, milestones, and strategies.

Community Engagement

How Do You Imagine Olathe In 2040?

Olathe 2040: Future Ready implemented an engagement plan to gain extensive community feedback and valuable input for the vision framework’s development. The approach promoted engagement activities for meaningful, deliberate discussions about the future of Olathe.

Community Engagement

How Do You Imagine Olathe In 2040?

Community groups offered their views in small group discussions while the business community participated in surveys and personal interviews, which provided valuable input for the vision framework. Special engagement efforts also involved Olathe youth, including elementary, middle school, and high school students.

  • Community Events
  • Youth Engagement
  • Underrepresented Groups & Targeted Outreach
  • Business Outreach
  • Business Leader Interviews
  • Civic & Networking Groups
  • Boards & Committees
  • Mayor's Cabinet
Imagine Olathe Art Challenge | Area students were challenged to create a mural depicting an image that represents the strategic plan themes. Some of those murals are featured in Olathe 2040 : Future Ready.
Guiding Principles were used as a lens to help evaluate the vision statements, goals, and strategies included in the plan.

Future Ready

Olathe takes a future ready approach. We are resilient, innovative, nimble, and collaborative in how we address tomorrow's challenges today.

Resiliency and Trust: In 2040 Olathe's focus on resiliency has transformed the way the city plans for and provides services.

Goals:

  • Improve the community's ability to be resilient and thrive
  • Preserve high-level of public trust in the City of Olathe government

Quality of Life

People choose Olathe. Healthy, safe people living in quality neighborhoods, connected to important places and each other.

Diverse Housing and Quality Neighborhoods: In 2040 everyone can call Olathe home with attainable, diverse housing options in healthy, safe neighborhoods.

Goals:

  • Improve health of all neighborhoods
  • Diversity housing choices

Quality of Life

People choose Olathe. Healthy, safe people living in quality neighborhoods, connected to important places and each other.

Connected People: In 2040 Olathe neighborhoods connect people to where they live, work, and play. Human connections bring meaning to our lives and create a sense of belonging in the community. Neighborhoods are welcoming and have a sense of community and place.

Goals:

  • Ensure that people are connected, safe, and have a sense of belonging
  • Cultivate a welcoming community where people feel valued and relationships are built and fostered

Quality of Life

People choose Olathe. Healthy, safe people living in quality neighborhoods, connected to important places and each other.

Healthy and Safe Community: In 2040 quality, integrated, and supportive resources are available and accessible to all members of the community.

Goals:

  • Create a community where people of all ages and abilities thrive
  • Optimize access to physical and mental health care, physical activity, and healthy food options
  • Maximize an environment where people feel invested in community safety

Quality of Life

People choose Olathe. Healthy, safe people living in quality neighborhoods, connected to important places and each other.

People Reach Their Full Potential: In 2040 people have access to quality employment, education, enjoyment, and transportation.

Goal:

  • Improve opportunities for employment, education, and community resources

Quality of Life

People choose Olathe. Healthy, safe people living in quality neighborhoods, connected to important places and each other.

Celebrate our Unique Places and History: In 2040 Olathe treasures its rich history and cultural legacy through education, promotion, and preservation efforts. Locals and visitors enjoy Olathe's historic attractions and community events.

Goal:

  • Increase unique experiences and places

Infrastructure

Olathe delivers smart, connected, integrated, innovative infrastructure that is safe, reliable, efficient, and sustainable.

Optimize Health and Safety: In 2040 Olathe safeguards public health and the environment.

Goals:

  • Eliminate crashes for all modes of transportation
  • Make infrastructure investments to enhance the environment and public health

Infrastructure

Olathe delivers smart, connected, integrated, innovative infrastructure that is safe, reliable, efficient, and sustainable.

Connected Multimodal Transportation Systems: In 2040 people have multiple, convenient options to travel within Olathe and the region. Olathe is an innovative and collaborative leader in regional transportation.

Goals:

  • Enhance movement of people and goods with a multimodal transportation network and infrastructure
  • Reduce travel time in Olathe and to other parts of the region

Infrastructure

Olathe delivers smart, connected, integrated, innovative infrastructure that is safe, reliable, efficient, and sustainable.

Resilient Infrastructure: In 2040 Olathe has purposefully built infrastructure redundancies that can accommodate disruption and future growth.

Goal:

  • Maximize reliable and sustainable infrastructure for future generations

Economy

Olathe is an economic leader in the region. Our strong economic base is built by highly successful businesses of all sizes, entrepreneurs, a skilled workforce, vibrant downtown, and other attractive places throughout the community.

Strong, Diverse Economic base built by Highly Successful Businesses of all sizes: In 2040 Olathe's economy is resilient to downturns because there are businesses of all sizes and many different sectors.

Goals:

  • Increase Olathe's economic base
  • Increase prosperity of residents

Economy

Olathe is an economic leader in the region. Our strong economic base is built by highly successful businesses of all sizes, entrepreneurs, a skilled workforce, vibrant downtown, and other attractive places throughout the community.

Knowledge-based Workforce: In 2040 Olathe's workforce has the skills and knowledge to compete in current and emerging markets.

Goals:

  • Lead the region in the number of highly educated and skilled people
  • Increase resources for entrepreneurs

Economy

Olathe is an economic leader in the region. Our strong economic base is built by highly successful businesses of all sizes, entrepreneurs, a skilled workforce, vibrant downtown, and other attractive places throughout the community.

Vibrant Business, Retail, and Entertainment: In 2040 the quality and variety of business, retail, and entertainment options attract visitors, residents, and business investment.

Goal:

  • Establish Olathe as the premier business, retail, and entertainment draw in the region

Exceptional Services

Olathe efficiently provides high quality services the community values.

Quality City Workforce: In 2040 the City of Olathe's quality workforce sets the standard for excellence.

Goals:

  • Retain and attract a high performing workforce for our resilient community
  • Create a premier employee experience

Exceptional Services

Olathe efficiently provides high quality services the community values.

Innovation and Collaboration: In 2040 the City's organizational culture supports innovation and collaboration in decision-making and service delivery.

Goals:

  • Take customer experience and service delivery to the next level of excellence
  • Develop efficient and innovative practices to benefit our customers

Credits:

City of Olathe