Vision 2055

David Cash of Cash & Associates facilitated two workshops with Council on May 12 and 26, 2025 to
formulate ten vision statements generally describing the vision for Strathroy-Caradoc for the next 30
years.

In May 2024, Council provided direction regarding the additional information they required to support a
decision on the settlement boundary expansion (Official Plan Comprehensive Review). The new
Provincial Planning Statement 2024 (PPS 2024) was released in October 2024, offering further
guidance on population projections. These updated projections have been incorporated into new
forecasts prepared by Watson and Associates, including a detailed breakout of Strathroy-Caradoc
population and employment projections for Strathroy-Caradoc extending beyond the standard 30-year
planning horizon. The Comprehensive Review team is utilizing these projections to assess potential
additional lands for inclusion within the settlement boundaries of Mt. Brydges and Strathroy. If Council
directs as proposed the review team will also use the Council vision to inform the recommendations
regarding the location of lands to be added to the expanded settlement boundaries.

Likewise, in June 2025, the Municipality released a RFP seeking responses from qualified companies
to conduct a Class “C” Environmental Assessment on the needs for waste water infrastructure to handle
the growth of the Mount Brydges area. If the recommendation is approved, this document will serve as
one of the reference pieces used in this study.

The ten vision statements provide Council’s view of how Strathroy-Caradoc may grow and develop
over the next thirty years based on their knowledge of the community, the current regulatory framework
and various reports that have come before them during their term of office. There is no financial
commitment from Council resulting from this report at this time. Its purpose is to provide the community
and staff with Council’s insight to how it predicts the community and the corporate organization may
grow and mature over the longer term.