A CIP is a planning and economic development tool that municipalities may use to facilitate broad community revitalization goals through grants or loans to private property owners and tenants.

The new Community Improvement Plan allows the municipality to provide a range of incentives to promote and support the following types of development and revitalization projects aligned with many of the priorities at the County and Municipal level, including:

• Downtown revitalization of store fronts and streetscapes; reduction of vacant storefronts;
• Increase affordable/attainable housing stock in the Municipality;
• Promote the development of vacant or underutilized properties and encourage/attract investment;
• Increase agricultural value-add, agri-tourism, and facility improvement projects.

Each year the Municipality will select the priority area(s) of focus with the applicable incentives and allocated specific municipal funding to support the program. Note that not all incentives and priorities in the CIP will be implemented each year.

The new CIP was developed through a series of community consultations including an open house, an online survey, and, finally, a statutory public meeting.

The meeting was held on Wednesday, February 14th, 2024 at 5 p.m. in the council chambers of the Municipal Administration Centre to consider a Community Improvement Plan (CIP) update pursuant to provisions under Section 28(4) of the Planning Act.

A notice of Notice of Decision resulting from that meeting was issued as required.