View - The Municipality of Lambton Shores
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6. What economic partnerships with neighbouring communities/counties would be<br />
beneficial?<br />
7. What plans need to be in place to attract people/entrepreneurs to the area?<br />
8. How to have meaningful dialogue with the community<br />
9. Are zoning changes necessary/possible to make the municipality more<br />
attractive?<br />
10. How could the private sector be enabled?<br />
11. What do we want for the municipality? Support for moms and pops<br />
businesses? What if big box stores want in?<br />
12. What is within the municipality’s scope? Windmills are not, but can they be<br />
made a positive?<br />
13. What is there to keep existing businesses here?<br />
14. How to support small farming operations, particularly niche markets like organic<br />
and family farms.<br />
2.2 <strong>The</strong> Mandate<br />
1. What is feasible?<br />
2. What is possible within the timeframe?<br />
3. What is being done now? <strong>The</strong> task force does not want to duplicate or repeat<br />
what the municipal, provincial or federal governments have in place.<br />
2.3 Visions for the Future <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Municipality</strong> and the Task Force<br />
1. Sustain businesses we have and attract new businesses.<br />
2. Weekly highlights on website to promote the municipality.<br />
3. Any financial decisions include plans for feasible long term maintenance. Focus<br />
on longevity <strong>of</strong> projects<br />
4. Prepare a report on what is working, and then enhancing it.<br />
5. Look at what sectors are lacking within each community, discover why, and<br />
then develop ideas to provide what is missing.<br />
6. Need to look at both long and short term goals for the municipality.<br />
7. Marinas and river ways need maintenance and improvement.<br />
8. Develop <strong>The</strong>dford as “country at heart”, similar to Elora.<br />
9. Encourage the residents <strong>of</strong> <strong>Lambton</strong> <strong>Shores</strong> continue to volunteer. Rally<br />
volunteers.<br />
10. Promote volunteering to develop youth activities such as Boy Scouts in<br />
<strong>The</strong>dford.<br />
11. Develop youth initiatives.<br />
12. Regenerate Partnerships.<br />
13. Offer low interest loans, financing incentives and/or assistance.<br />
2.4 Communication and Documentation<br />
To reduce wasted paper, email, <strong>Lambton</strong>’s website and usb sticks will be utilized to<br />
share information. Clerk Carol McKenzie will compile the requested documentation<br />
including:<br />
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