Thunder Bay is inviting the community to provide feedback to help shape the next Community Safety and Well-Being (CSWB) Plan.
All municipalities in the province are required to update or release a new plan every four years.
The city is hosting a variety of events and is engaging with residents and organizations for the remainder of the year to talk about community safety.
The city is looking to identify what is working well and what changes need to be made to support the city.
A series of pop-up events are being hosted in August and September to give residents a chance to share ideas while enjoying some activities.
“It’s just basically a conversation we’re looking to engage with people to have conversations and spend that time with them,” said the Manager of Community Safety and Well-Being, Louisa Costanzo. “So anyone coming down would, you know, get to chat to people and learn about some stuff in our community.”
The schedule for the events is:
- August 27 – Minnesota Park
- September 10 – Paterson Park
- September 17 – Dease Park
City Hall has been established as the rain location, if weather is impacting any of the sessions.
No specific times have been released for when the events will take place on the selected days.
If you cannot make any of the events, you can still get involved.
The city is launching a survey on Wednesday, offering residents another avenue to provide feedback.
“We will go through the data and then look at where we are we and then we will come back to the community to say this is what we’ve heard, and the information that we gather here will, you know, help us write the new plan,” added Costanzo.
“The survey is open until probably December; it’s going to go for a long time. We really want feedback, and we encourage people to come and have these conversations. It’s our community, and it’s our plan. So let’s build it together.”
This comes ahead of the Community Safety and Well-Being Forum on Saturday, September 27, at the Thunder Bay Community Auditorium.
The new CSWB plan is expected to be presented to city council early next year.
The survey will be available on the Get Involved Thunder Bay website, which can be found by clicking here.
