--- title: "CASE STUDY | Windsor-Essex’s Community Safety and Well-Being Plan: An Engaged Community" description: This case study outlines how the City of Windsor, Ontario, and the nearby County of Essex developed their Regional Community Safety and Well-Being Plan. image: https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/hermes-rivera-ambassador-bridge-windsor-1.jpg --- [![20yrLogo-2_WhiteOrange](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Administration/Tamarack%20Logos/20yrLogo-2_WhiteOrange.png?width=200&height=47&name=20yrLogo-2_WhiteOrange.png "20yrLogo-2_WhiteOrange")](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/?hsLang=en-us) # Resource Library ![CASE STUDY | Windsor-Essex’s Community Safety and Well-being Plan: An Engaged Community](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/hermes-rivera-ambassador-bridge-windsor-1.jpg?width=3636&name=hermes-rivera-ambassador-bridge-windsor-1.jpg "CASE STUDY | Windsor-Essex’s Community Safety and Well-being Plan: An Engaged Community") [![Read the Case Study](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/316071/be2ca3dc-3d31-4650-be8b-6940f2f3e2fd.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/316071/be2ca3dc-3d31-4650-be8b-6940f2f3e2fd) # CASE STUDY | Windsor-Essex’s Community Safety and Well-Being Plan: An Engaged Community [Community Engagement](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/library/topic/community-engagement), [Case Studies](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/library/topic/case-studies), [Natasha Pei](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/library/topic/natasha-pei), [Poverty Reduction](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/library/topic/poverty-reduction), [Ontario](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/library/topic/ontario), [Homepage Resources](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/library/topic/homepage-resources), [Communities Ending Poverty](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/library/topic/communities-ending-poverty) In 2018, the Government of Ontario mandated every Ontario municipality to create a multisector Community Safety and Well-Being Plan. This case study by Natasha Pei and [Leonardo Gil](mailto:https://www.linkedin.com/in/leonardogil1/) outlines how the City of Windsor, Ontario, and the nearby County of Essex developed a joint plan that leaned heavily on community engagement. The resulting strategy turned an approach to community safety into an approach to better understand the root causes of inequity that *influence* community safety. The plan is based on eight outcome goals under four domains of work. The work includes activities that are organized based on metrics to be monitored in short, medium and long term.   ### Take your learning further: - Read our case study on the [City of Vancouver’s Reduced Fare Transit Pilot](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/library/case-study-city-of-vancouver-reduced-fare-transit-pilot-benefits-beyond-cost?hsLang=en-us) - Learn more about [community engagement in rural Ontario](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/community-engagement-in-rural-areas?hsLang=en-us) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) ![Vibrant Communities](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/VC%20logo.png) ### By [Vibrant Communities](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/library/author/vibrant-communities-canada) Vibrant Communities supports cities and local leaders to develop and implement large-scale change initiatives through four learning networks: Ending Poverty, Deepening Community, Building Youth Futures and Climate Transitions. 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