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...
by Diana Huson | Sep 28, 2021 | Region Updates
Last Thursday’s Regional Council may have been a short one, but it included some important regional business included in two specific motions, both passing unanimously. The first included a motion on climate change, put forward by Chair Bradley at our Planning...
by Diana Huson | Aug 9, 2021 | Region Updates
In our most recent Committee of the Whole meeting, Council was tasked with evaluating a revised suite of development programs (ie. financial incentives) available to developers and property owners to encourage strategic investments. Nearly 20 years old, our current...
