The Plan includes a long-range vision and goals which reflect the diversity of aspirations and interest of the community for the future. It also includes a series of targets which provide useful reference points for organizations and individuals to determine what action can be taken to reach the goals.

imagineCALGARY took an innovative approach to developing the plan. The city was viewed as a whole system, of which all the parts are inter-related. People, buildings, commerce, roads, businesses, skills, government structures, incomes, plants and animals history, churches, schools, and countless other elements combine to make up our community. imagineCALGARY hosted a discussion about the whole community with the aim of making the whole greater than the sum of it parts.