Residents invited to come 'Shape Your City'

Medicine Hat – The City of Medicine Hat is inviting residents to its Shape Your City public engagement event. The in-person multi-departmental event, formerly called Municipal Mingle, will be hosted in the main lobby of Big Marble Go Centre on Thursday, May 1 from 4 to 7 p.m.

This in-person event is an opportunity to interact with representatives from various City departments and ask questions about current initiatives.

“We have 15+ project teams who are keen to connect, share, and learn more from you about the work they do to support our municipality,” said Safira Lachapelle, Public Participation Specialist for the City of Medicine Hat. “This drop-in event aims to make it very easy for the public to pop by and learn about a variety of topics. It also helps us to connect residents and City staff to ensure we have a feedback loop.”

Initiatives represented at this week’s event include the following:

• Assessed property values
• Recreation programs and Litter Blitz
• Ways to engage with the City
• Investment attraction and economic development plans
• Programs to finance energy efficiency upgrades
• Water and sewer projects happening this year
• About local government
• Multi-family and commercial land for sale
• Fire safety and 125th anniversary celebrations
• Responsible animal ownership, unsightly property, noise, and public safety bylaws
• Heritage resource information
• Riverside corridor project
• How to start or join a Neighbourhood Association and upcoming events
• Echo Dale Regional Park concept plan and the Outdoor Engagement Strategy
• Finalizing the new Land Use Bylaw
• Saamis Solar Park and the next steps from the Energy Business Review
• Ground disturbance and safety around power lines

While supplies last, attendees ca pick up a Litter Blitz cleanup supplies and a bike bell. There will also be free childminding in the playroom. For more information on this and other engagement opportunities, visit the City's Shape Your City website.

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