by Diana Huson | Oct 13, 2022 | Region Updates
It’s been a busy six weeks on the campaign trail connecting with voters, whether it’s at the door, via emails or through social media. So far I’ve knocked on about 1000 doors with a team and distributed over 2000 flyers. Here are a few of Regional issues that I’ve...
by Diana Huson | Jun 11, 2022 | Region Updates
This week the Region will be considering a 10 Year Economic Development Strategy facilitated by our economic development team in collaboration with Niagara’s municipal economic development partners. The plan is timely in that it is being developed as we are...
by Diana Huson | May 5, 2022 | Region Updates
At the end of April, the Region held a final public meeting to collect feedback and comments on the Region’s new draft Official Plan. This document outlines how land will be used across Niagara’s communities to ensure growth meets our planning and development needs....
by Diana Huson | Feb 2, 2022 | Region Updates
From time to time, Regional Council is subjected to “letter campaigns” where someone has circulated a specific message and encourages their contacts to email this message to Council. As a result, we end up getting the exact same email (word for word) from a variety of...
by Diana Huson | Dec 24, 2021 | Region Updates
It’s hard to believe another year is almost over! I think all of us were hopeful that 2021 would leave COVID far behind in the hopes of getting back to normal. Instead, we had a roller coaster ride of emerging waves and new variants, coupled with vaccination rollouts...
by Diana Huson | Nov 15, 2021 | Region Updates
Last week I had the privilege to attend the Toronto Global Forum as Chair of the Region’s Planning and Economic Development Committee, along with representatives from the City of St. Catharines, the City of Welland and also the City of Thorold. The event offered...