Former mayor Steve Clarke will lead a series of three public workshops designed to help shape Orillia’s future. Local residents from all backgrounds are encouraged to join any one or all three.
How should we be feeding ourselves? Where should we be living? How should we move around? How should we be heating and cooling our homes and work spaces? Where should our electricity come from? How should we protect our natural environment?
All of these questions and more will be up for citizen input and discussion during these three workshops, scheduled for Sunday afternoons from 1:00 to 4:30 p.m. April 28, May 26 and June 9 at the Quality Inn (formerly the Highwayman Inn).
These workshops will be highly interactive, with the aim of seeking citizen input for developing and implementing a vision of a desired future for Orillia, a vision that holds promise of a healthy, happy, mutually supportive and sustainable place to live – for us, our children and our grandchildren.
The first workshop (April 28) will focus on the development of a set of community sustainability principles and a collective vision for a sustainable Orillia.
The second workshop (May 26) will invite the community to define the actions and projects that we collectively will undertake to achieve the vision, using the principles that were defined in workshop 1.
The third workshop (June 9) will focus on how Sustainable Orillia can best develop programs and projects and engage the community in supporting and promoting the actions and projects defined in workshop 2.
This process needs maximum citizen participation. Please plan to attend and have your say!
