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Building Community: A strategy for recreation, parks and culture services in Strathcona County
Implementing the Recreation and Culture Strategy
The Recreation and Culture Strategy focuses on five key areas: community needs, inclusion, building capacity, environmental stewardship and fiscal responsibility. These areas of focus serve to inform the priorities in the draft implementation plan. The detailed 12-year implementation plan has been developed with short, medium and long-term priorities, including public investment recommendations.
The Recreation and Culture Strategy was approved by Council on October 8, 2019.
What went into the strategy?
The public engagement process is summarized in this Public Engagement Overview. Read a summary of the feedback we have received in this What We Heard report.In addition to the public engagement, research was conducted and summarized in five key areas: Community profile, County plans and policies, Trends, Broader planning review and Facilities and spaces.
- Research summaries
- Broader Planning Review Report (11.2 MB)
- Community Profile (6.6 MB)
- Facilities and Spaces (6.5 MB)
- Plans and Policies (23.4 MB)
- Trends Report (14.6 MB)
We met with the following Council Advisory committees in the Fall of 2019 to gather their insights in consideration of the development of the Implementation Plan.
- Community Living Advisory Committee (100.9 KB)
- Seniors Advisory Committee (103.1 KB)
- Accessibility Advisory Committee (100.7 KB)
- Youth Advisory Committee - What We Heard (102.7 KB)