The City of Moncton needs your help to become a part of the Infrastructure Canada’s Smart Cities Challenge….
They’ve launched a survey and are seeking your input as their prepare their application..
City Spokesperson Nicole Melanson says as part of this process, the City first held a stakeholder brainstorming session to learn more about potential actions. This feedback has now been adapted into the following six Challenge Statements:
· Moncton will be a healthy, dynamic and sustainable community by developing an efficient, connective and inclusive transportation network.
· Moncton will be an engaged community, by creating an attractive, connected and vibrant downtown year-round.
· Moncton will transform into a resilient eco-city by supporting clean, diverse and integrated energy-efficient systems to improve the quality of life of its citizens and future generations.
· Moncton will be a city where education, innovation and entrepreneurship work together to prepare the workforce for local opportunities of the future.
· Moncton will be a city that cultivates business development, contributing to a self-sustaining local economy.
· Moncton will be a city that has a transparent municipal government and empower its citizens to participate in decision-making through community engagement.
If you take part in the survey, you’ll be asked to rank them, “Where they feel the most important one should be. So we are hoping to see a bit of a trend to see if people are leaning towards transportation, towards the vibrancy of our downtown, green energy or the local economy.”
Melanson says the survey is an important part of the application process, “The government wants to see that residents have participated in preparing our application, and that it is not just one particular theme. We want to show that we explored different options and that there was engagement along the way. Then based on the results of this survey and other types of engagement and other plans that are already in place for the City of Moncton, we’ll be able to develop and flesh out our application process.”
Surveys must be completed by February 28th.
Following this open consultative process, the City’s final application will be made public after the submission deadline of April 24th, 2018. If selected as a finalist, Moncton will earn an initial grant of $250,000 to move forward into the next phase, where a $10,000,000 grant will be given to the selected municipality. The City of Moncton is is the 500, 000 category.
To participaite in the survey, visit HERE
The City of Dieppe is also hoping to apply. They are looking for your responses to a survey on their website and Facebook page. The top prize for their municipality size, would be five million dollars.
