Lots of constructive ideas
July 6, 2007 on 10:23 pm | In July 5 2007 meeting, News |“I’ve heard more ideas tonight than I’ve heard in a long time,” observed a resident at the public meeting held yesterday, July 5th, which was organized by a group of concerned citizens (the folks behind this website) and Mayor Joe Feeney, and attended by about 200 people. The purpose of the meeting was to give residents an opportunity to share ideas about options for the town and also to discuss ways that citizens could be better involved in planning the town’s future.
Town councillors expressed frustration in getting people involved in the past, while citizens identified some barriers to participation, and presented many positive ideas for the town’s development while preserving the best of what we have.
We have compiled the minutes of the meeting and are working on getting the handouts that some presenters had prepared. Feel free to comment here on the meeting. This issue has woken up the community in an exciting way that bodes well for the town’s future.
— Record of the meeting [printable PDF]
Click on “Citizen Presentations” in the menu for some of the individual presentations that were made.
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LETTER WRITING CAMPAIGN
Please write letters outlining your concerns for the environmental, recreational and heritage issues to:
His Worship Mayor C. Joe Feeney
Town of Mahone Bay
P.O. Box 530, 493 Main Street
Mahone Bay, NS B0J 2E0
FAX Mahone Bay Town Council at: (902) 624-8069.
It is really helpful to send copies of your letters to the following:
The Hon. Michael Baker (our MLA)
Minister of Finance
PO Box 187, Halifax, NS B3J 2N3
1723 Hollis St., Halifax NS B3J 1V9
Executive Secretary’s e-mail: coughlat@gov.ns.ca
The Honourable Barry Barnett
Minister of Health Promotion and Protection
Nova Scotia Health Promotion and Protection
World Trade and Convention Centre
5th Floor, Suite 520
1800 Argyle Street, PO Box 487
Halifax, Nova Scotia
B3J 2R7
healthpromotion@gov.ns.ca
The Hon. Mark Parent
Nova Scotia Environment and Labour
PO Box 697
5151 Terminal Road
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2T8
e-mail Exec Sec: messerv@gov.ns.ca
Jim Wentzell, the Chief Administrative Officer of the Town of Mahone Bay
E-mail CAO: clerk@townofmahonebay.ca
And don't forget to write letters to the Editor of
the Chester Clipper and
the Progress Enterprise