TISDALE — The Town of Tisdale and RM of Tisdale are joining forces to develop a joint official community plan – and they are asking the public for input.
The District Official Community Plan will impact all lands within the town and RM.
"I am confident that the RM and Town of Tisdale have the infrastructure and location to make a valuable contribution towards the economy of North East Saskatchewan as it pertains to logistics and value-added growth," said Brendan Samida, the chair of the Invest Tisdale board. "We can not predict the future, we can only rely on assumptions, trends and evidence to what changes need to be made together in a changing competitive global economy.”
There was a public open house on Thursday, April 21 from 7 to 9 pm at the Tisdale Civic Centre for residents and businesses in the Town and RM to review and provide input into the land planning maps highlighting proposed and future land for residential, commercial and industrial uses.
In a media release, both municipalities said developing key land policies is a real challenge as the land is settled and both the agriculture sector and
small/medium size businesses need room to grow.
"The majority of land that surrounds the town is prime producing agriculture land that is competing with other export growing regions in the world. This land needs to be protected with policies that any land-use conversion needs to be minimized. In the overlapping natural and heritage areas, policies need to reflect both agriculture and the natural systems."
The town added Tisdale is a major rural regional service centre and regional road to rail transportation hub, adding it sees the opportunity to transform and expand the transportation infrastructure and diversify into clean technology as part of a growth strategy.
“The District Official Community Plan and growth strategy need to be aligned,” Samida said.
The town said it is focused on making a number of zoning changes mostly around residential needs for safety and to appeal to a younger 20 to 40-year-old workforce and entrepreneurs with growing families. They added new residential development in the town will continue to move north and heavy truck traffic will be redirected around the town away from residential and the downtown business area.
