Appendix 7 - LwT Engagements

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Engagements

  • Engagement is at the core of this initiative. This project MUST come from the community to truly reflect our local and provincial needs are as Nova Scotian’s.

  • Already, a broad cross section of the community members have participated and worked on making Leading with Transit a reality, including rural and residents, young and old.

  • LWT’s public engagement events have provided a depth of community involvement and support. Each engagement session has helped develop the idea. Visit out website to read more on what we heard and gathered from these many meetings, conversations and workshops.

  • Working groups met biweekly between January and October of 2019. These work sessions were open to the community and made progress in all “Aspect” areas to get the project off the ground.

  • 2019 public engagements:

  • Bridgewater – Nov 29

  • Sheet Harbour – Nov 27

  • Truro – Nov 26

  • Musquodoboit – Nov 25

  • Halifax – Nov 8

  • Dartmouth – August 25

  • Cobequid Community Health Board – July 19

  • Cobequid Community Health Board – July 4

  • Halifax – Jan 14

  • -Biweekly working group sessions – Jan-May (frequent participants included Jennifer Boyter, Ivy Ho, Scott Edgar, Phil Elliott, Ben Hammer, Jennifer Getz, Frank Palermo, and Kieran Stepan)

2018 public engagements:

  • Public Forum in Dartmouth – Nov

  • Public Forum in Halifax – Nov

  • Halifax – Nov 29

  • Dartmouth – Nov 27

  • Cole Harbour – Nov 25

  • HRM – Sept 6

  • HRM – Aug 9, 23, 30

  • HRM – July 5, 12, 26

  • HRM – June 18, 28

  • Halifax – May 1

  • Sackville – April 26

  • Spryfield – April 16

  • Dartmouth – April 11

  • BOMA (aligned with GIRT Plan)

  • YMCA – Peter Doigt

  • Mayor, Deputy Mayor, Councilors, MP Andy Filmore

  • Various Provincial Departments related to transportation and economic development (organized by Gordon Smith, Director of Planning)

  • Developers Danny Chedra, Loui Lowen (with Dexel), and Wadiah Faris

  • Presentations at the Art of City Building, Engage NS’s Quality of Life survey, Shift

  • Switch Car Free / Open Street Sundays

  • Transport Standing Committee Presentation – May 23

  • Cobequid Health District tour and 2 meetings with the board

  • Engage NS – when launching their survey frank talked about LWT

  • BOMA meeting—mention the plan that they put together (GIRT plan) and how we tried to line ours up with theirs

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