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2003 City of Minneapolis Annual Report

Every four years, Minneapolis sets goals and priorities for providing City services. These goals help leaders track the City’s success in providing municipal services to its residents. Performance measures, set by all City of Minneapolis departments, track the City’s success in achieving these goals.

The 2003 City of Minneapolis Annual Report is about being accountable for our City goals. This is Minneapolis’ first attempt at a citywide annual report and has proved to be an efficient and cost-effective tool for providing information about how the City met it service goals in 2003. Here are a few facts about the report’s production:

• The 2003 City of Minneapolis Annual Report replaces the 10 such annual reports produced by City of Minneapolis departments during an average year. We estimate that this consolidation saves the City nearly $70,000 in production costs alone (which does not include savings in employee time).
• The Communications Department secured a grant from the National Center for Civic Innovation to pay for both the 2003 and 2004 City of Minneapolis annual reports.
• The 2003 City of Minneapolis Annual Report was produced in-house by City of Minneapolis staff. No outside graphic design, writing or editing services were used.

The 2003 City of Minneapolis Annual Report received a gold award from the League of American Communications Professionals 2003 Vision Awards Annual Report Competition. The report earned a score of 88 out of 100, with high marks in the categories of first impression, report cover, creativity, report narrative, letter to shareholders and report financials.

The League of American Communications Professionals encourages and recognizes excellence in the practice of communications. More than 1,200 annual reports were entered in the 2003 Vision Awards competition.

For a printed copy of the 2003 City of Minneapolis Annual Report, call 612-673-2491.