Inverness Strategy
Inverness Strategy is our shared approach to communicating priorities and responsibilities for development and investment across your city and area.
The online StoryMap tracks activity across public, private and community sectors, to make it clearer what is being done to benefit the places where we live, work, visit and invest - what projects intend to deliver, when they appear likely to happen and who is responsible. The StoryMap draws together a vast number of current projects and opportunities for the future into a single overview. In this way, Inverness Strategy makes the case that the many activities and investments across the area can build on one another towards a much bigger, collective vision.
Inverness Strategy is also intended to bring forward this partnership vision for the future. Draft priorities within the StoryMap are based on existing plans and strategies, as well as engagement with stakeholders across our communities, business and partner agencies. It is the beginning of a prospectus for partnership working across the city and area to promote Inverness as the hub of economic, social and cultural activity in Highland. Improving the coordination, funding and delivery of existing and emerging plans, projects and workstreams, the Strategy will ensure Inverness and the City Centre, in particular, remain Highland's prime destination for those who live, work, visit and invest here.
To further refine the online overview and draft vision for the future which it represents, we will be carrying out further engagement with the deadline for feedback being the end of December 2024. This includes:
- a public showcase and drop-in at Inverness Town House, Tuesday 26 November 2024, 2pm to 7pm
- business engagement, involving the city Business Improvement District, Visit Inverness Loch Ness, and Chamber of Commerce
- the StoryMap, where there are opportunities to provide your feedback and views
- our Ideas Board, where you can comment on the vision, priorities and important projects
Helpful Links:
- Read the City of Inverness Area Committee Report on development of Inverness Strategy.
- Inverness City Centre Vision (360 Architecture) - Post-Covid review of how the city centre can continue to be a vibrant, healthy and attractive place to work, live and do business
- Virtual Tour of Inverness
- Inverness Area Profile (in the process of being updated)
- City Centre Health Check 2022 (results of 2024 surveys are pending)
- Inverness and Cromarty Firth Green Freeport
- Inverness Active Travel Master Plan
- Inverness Walking and Cycling Index 2023
- Community priorities for regeneration - initial findings of the Have your say Inverness consultation (2022)
- Inverness Community Partnership
- Bus Service Improvement Partnership - Connecting Inverness Appraisal