{"id":56083,"date":"2025-03-20T16:40:26","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T19:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/?p=56083"},"modified":"2025-03-20T16:40:28","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T19:40:28","slug":"draft-strategy-calls-for-housing-and-rec-plans-this-year-climate-and-transportation-in-2027-and-beyond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/draft-strategy-calls-for-housing-and-rec-plans-this-year-climate-and-transportation-in-2027-and-beyond\/","title":{"rendered":"Draft strategy calls for housing and rec plans this year, climate and transportation in 2027 and beyond"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A proposed strategic plan for Tantramar calls for a laundry list of more detailed plans for the new municipality, starting this year. The outline of a draft strategic plan was presented to council on March 11, with a full draft expected at Monday\u2019s committee of the whole meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The draft outline<\/a> calls on Tantramar to immediately take on a tax review, fire services review, recreation plan and housing plan this year, but leaves other big items, such as a climate change adaptation plan, a transportation plan, and a new municipal plan to 2027 and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The outline also notably does not make any mention of either arts or heritage planning, something that residents and groups have called for at Tantramar council meetings,<\/a> and that also shows up in a \u201cWhat we heard\u201d document<\/a> produced after a series of consultation sessions in August 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Slide from draft plan presentation to Tantramar council, March 11, 2025. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Craig Pollett is the consultant hired to lead Tantramar\u2019s strategic planning process, and he spent about 25 minutes in a virtual presentation on March 11 outlining a vision, mission statement, values and goals for the municipality\u2014all borne out of a number of public consultations, stakeholder interviews, and a workshop with senior Tantramar staff and council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The vision Pollett presented is a sort of motto for the town: \u201cUniquely connected. Live here, learn here, grow here.\u201d And the mission statement is designed to be more of a directive on how to achieve that vision: \u201cFostering a connected, creative community that thrives in harmony with nature, innovation and inclusion.\u201d He also listed five key values to be reflected in the plan: Creativity, Sustainability, Leadership, Integrity, and Safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pollett then outlined 15 different goals, split into 29 specific objectives, for the municipality to achieve over the next three years, with some receiving higher priority than others. Most of those objectives involve the creation of a more specific plan or strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBecause this is your first strategic plan as a municipality,\u201d Pollett told council, \u201cthere’s a lot of plans in this plan, and that’s to be expected. And what we’ve done is sort of separated these out into three increments, or three tiers of when we think they need to be done.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2025 strategic and operational plans<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n