Focus - where we grow
Not only does focusing growth make communities more resilient, it protects nature, and all other life that benefits from the ecological assets the natural world provides, including better protection of critical watersheds and farmland needed to be more food secure. It helps affordability , and is a form of Reconciliation - with 1st Nations as well as the ecosystems upon whose health our health depends. As Indigenous people have always known……. |
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When we consider the natural places we still have, it’s easy to see that to keep them, we must focus human growth - for continued enjoyment of the natural world, and so other species do more than survive, so they can once again thrive.
North Cowichan has fabulous assets - unequaled public forests, a growing network of trails, 40 kms of oceanfront, two rivers and several lakes, land suited for greater food security, local entrepreneurs and great people. If we must grow let’s do so in a way that serves them all.
North Cowichan has fabulous assets - unequaled public forests, a growing network of trails, 40 kms of oceanfront, two rivers and several lakes, land suited for greater food security, local entrepreneurs and great people. If we must grow let’s do so in a way that serves them all.
Focus on a local economyWhen we work, hire, eat, shop and recreate in the Valley we keep our dollars circulating between us all. Buying local creates jobs for our friends and neighbours, and contributes to needed infrastructure. It is a social and economic investment in our future.
A local developer I spoke to recently had nothing but praise for the timely processing and wonderful support of municipal staff. The contractor employs over a 100 young trades people while paying livable wages and developing in the growth areas. Increasing food production, (when able - our own), while supporting local growers and makers creates less dependence on supply chains and supports one another and our families and encourages investment where its needed. Here, on Coast Salish territory, where we are blessed to live. Whatever is ultimately decided about the highest and best use of the Municipal Forest Reserve, it must take 1st Nations and the environment into account and add value in human and ecosystem health and some form of income here, where we live. |
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