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On 25 October, the City Council in Espoo approved the municipality’s strategy for 2021-2025. Officially titled the "Espoo Story", the plan has been prepared by the city's staff, elected officials, and residents. More importantly, it has been designed to improve the economy, help achieve climate neutrality, and reform health and social services.
Not surprisingly, the Espoo Story strategy is extremely bold and ambitious. While the Finnish city has two clear goals for the coming year (recovering from the COVID crisis and improving healthcare services), it has outlined a total of seven objectives for the period 2021-2025. These are:
"These seven goals will help us guide our activities towards our goal of being the most sustainable city in Europe in all areas of sustainability – economically, environmentally, socially and culturally. […] According to our vision, Espoo is a network city with five urban centres, as well as a responsible and humane pioneer city. It is important that all Espoo residents can truly make a difference," Mayor of Espoo Jukka Mäkelä commented.
As previously mentioned, the strategy was not created solely by city staff and officials but also by residents. More specifically, citizens answered surveys and shared their ideas for the future development of the city. Most suggestions reportedly concerned local nature, safety, and wellbeing, among others. Commenting on the participation of residents, Mayor Mäkelä revealed that many of their ideas were integrated into the Espoo Story.
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