“What is your Vision” strategy being explored in Neepawa

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Published on Friday, January 9, 2015

By Eoin Devereux

The Neepawa Banner

The town of Neepawa wants to know your views on how to grow the community. Council and administration are hoping to schedule a series of meetings in the new year for regional ratepayers. Mayor Adrian de Groot said these events would serve as a forum for people to bring forward ideas to build a vision strategy for Neepawa and the surrounding area. 

De Groot said council and administration would like the first session to focus on how to grow the community. He noted that growth is not limited to economic expansion but should also speak to the health and vibrancy of the regions demographic realities and its multi-national framework.

“What we’re trying to do is set up a process where ideas can flow,” said de Groot. “Some of it might be to expand our community from a financial perspective. Some of it might be ways to enrich our community as far as the services are concerned.”

De Groot stressed that as the community enters a new year, it’s important to recognize that things are changing across the region and Neepawa needs to embrace those realities.

“Council and myself require a lot of input into developing a planning process, as well as what is in the plan. Are we working on the right things? You talk about vision. I talk about growing our community as being that first and initial step,” stressed de Groot. “So, early in 2015, I want to have a series of community meetings in order to establish a dialogue between our community and council.”

Currently, there is no dates scheduled for these meetings to take place, though de Groot would like to move forward on these gatherings as soon a possible.