Stakeholder Meetings Underway

The project team met with the Lively Recreation Advisory Panel in January and April. A public drop-in engagement session was set up during the Walden Winter Carnival to introduce the next phase of the project. In the past few weeks, stakeholder meetings have taken place with key groups connected to the preferred locations that were previously identified including the Anderson Farm Museum & Heritage Society, the Walden Seniors & Pensioners, the Lively Ski Hill Committee, the Lively Public Library/Citizen Service Centre, and the Walden Youth Centre. There was also a general stakeholder meeting that took place with groups that had previously been identified by the Advisory Panel as important to consult with. Sessions are currently taking place with children from local schools in Lively and with Atikameksheng Anishnawbek.

Steps will be taken to provide an update to the public after these stakeholder sessions are complete with information being shared on Over To You, on social media and through physical posters that will be displayed in sites throughout Lively. The project team will then be working towards developing an initial conceptual design for each of the three preferred sites. At this stage, the City will solicit community feedback on these conceptual designs and a meeting with the Accessibility Advisory Panel will be scheduled.