Flin Flon city council representatives have been involved in discussions to transform Main Street.
During their Feb. 19 council meeting, Colleen McKee said a recent meeting with the Main Street revitalization committee was fruitful.
The committee, which was formally started following last month’s tourism summit and a series of meetings last year, have produced ideas that Councillor McKee described as “really exciting.”
“What they’re hoping for are a couple of ‘now’ projects, where they can make some impact immediately. Whether that happens or not is going to depend greatly on volunteers, and we know that usually the volunteers are always the same people who get rotated from committee to committee” McKee said.
“I think what they’re really trying to do is engage the business community and make Main Street a hub or a place where people want to visit. For things like Trout Festival or Blueberry Jam, we need to show people coming into town that we’re really proud of our Main Street.”
Dates for more committee meetings, details on volunteer coordination and further project ideas will be determined later.
“There’s a lot of ideas and things that can be spruced up,” said McKee.
SUMA
Flin Flon city council members Ken Pawlachuk, Mayor Cal Huntley and chief administrative officer Glenna Daschuk attended the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association (SUMA) convention earlier this month. As a voting member of the group, the city does not attend every annual convention.
“It was pretty good for a change for us,” Pawlachuk said.
“We sat down and visited with other communities and talked about the issues we have. Most of them are pretty good issues.”
Pawlachuk told council the Flin Flon delegation spoke with both provincial health ministers in a group session, hearing how changes to Saskatchewan’s health administration system have manifested in recent years.
“One of the things I brought up and one of the questions I had was that they amalgamated all their health care regions into one in Saskatchewan,” he said.
“Frontline services, he claimed, and nobody opposed him, are not being changed at all. They’re still delivering them.”
Also on the agenda - a speech from Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe, which included the provincial government’s recent discussion around carbon taxation.
Strategic Plan Survey
Another step has been taken through the city’s strategic planning process.
An online survey, organized through the city, has been posted and is available at the city’s website and social media pages.
“Things are going very well. We’re very positive. We’ve had about 90 responses on our online survey so far this week, which is really awesome,” said Eve O’Leary, economic development officer working with the City of Flin Flon.
“It’s people’s opportunity to have a voice. Why wouldn’t they? Instead of complaining on Facebook, get on the survey,” said McKee.
