Common Council giving its approval to Plan SJ's new growth strategy. The strategy will eventually be used as the basis for a new Municipal Plan which will guide development over the next 25 years.
Highlights include a focus on urban development, continued suburban growth, minimal rural development, in other words, building up instead of out.
Deputy Mayor Stephen Chase tells CHSJ the city has reached an important milestone and Councillor Mel Norton describes it as a plan by the people and for the people.
A new Municipal Plan will be created by the end of the year.