City of Gladstone Missouri

• Invested in becoming an even more welcoming and inclusive community.
• A vibrant commercial center with revitalized corridors at North Oak and Antioch Road and an innovative financial strategy that encourages economic development.
• A diverse quality housing stock that encourages community investment, provides opportunities to age in place, and becomes a destination to raise families.
• Gladstone is a recognized leader and provides innovative contribution to regional issues.
• Continued strong and innovative partnerships that help us ensure a high quality of life.
• An inspiring sense of place with a clear identity including an emphasis on arts and culture. You know you are in Gladstone.
• A strong commitment to public safety and City infrastructure investment.
• An inspired, innovative, and invested City staff.
• Cooperative relationships with citizens highlighted by inclusive citizen engagement and participation.

1. Keep Gladstone as a safe place with a focus on crime prevention, traffic enforcement, and the recruitment and retention of high-quality police officers, firefighters and EMS personnel.
2. Continue commitment to downtown, commercial corridors, and underdeveloped areas through effective and innovative infrastructure and redevelopment strategies.
3. Provide the resources and support the strategies to continue to improve residential and commercial code enforcement.
4. Build an event center to replace the existing barn on the Atkins-Johnson Farm to provide long-term programming opportunities.
5. Prioritize infrastructure for neighborhood revitalization to meet the needs of our residents and encourage quality residential density and homeowner investment to preserve and increase housing values.
6. Promote initiatives to beautify Gladstone by encouraging civic engagement and community pride.
7. Promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in all that we do to continue to be a welcoming city to everyone.
8. Continue to improve and build communication strategies to better inform and engage our residents.
9. Continue towards developing Flora Park as an all-inclusive recreational space.
10. Explore funding opportunities for improving infrastructure, roads, and amenities.
11. Prepare for the opportunities and challenges that will come with the World Cup 2026.