Investing in people is a goal of the Imagine St. Joseph 2040 plan which the City Council plans to endorse at Monday’s meeting.

Last year, the Chamber of Commerce, United Way and over 1,000 residents in the community worked on the Imagine St. Joseph 2040 plan.

According to St. Joseph City Council member Madison Davis, the council will discuss its updated strategic and action plan at Monday night’s meeting, as it relates to the 2040 plan.  The three main objectives of the 2040 plan, are to Invest in People, Create a Better Place and Grow Prosperity.

Davis said the council has aligned its strategic focus areas with those same goals.

“Investing in people, the main objectives that we put as a part of it were – we need to find out ways to reduce crime, to reduce homelessness and to demonstrate support for workforce development,” Davis said. “So those are our three main things that we can do, as a council, to invest in our people, in our community.”

Davis said Riverfront development and more are part of the goal of creating a better place.

“Promote community enhancements… and the property maintenance in our community, design and implement the beautification of our parkway system and the parks and then promote neighborhood associations, watches and cleanups,” Davis said. “The grow prosperity – we need to look at ways to attract better paying jobs, so the use of economic development tools. Then endorse the 2040 plan and that’s something that we’re doing with the strategic plan on Monday night.”

The St. Joseph City Council will hold their regular meeting at 7 p.m. Monday.

For more information on the 2040 plan, go to imaginestjoseph2040.com.