MOOSE JAW – The City of Moose Jaw invites residents to an upcoming participation meeting on Thursday, July 4 to provide input for the community’s cultural action plan.
This engagement session is the third phase of the project’s four-phase development. Once the city receives further feedback, it will implement suggestions and, based on the timeline, implement the new policy later this year and evaluate its effectiveness.
On July 4, citizens will have two opportunities to contribute to the cultural action plan, from 12:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the City’s Sidewalk Days booth and from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Kinsmen Sportsplex.
At the latter location, the city and its consultants will offer hourly presentations on the planning process and the plan’s design elements, with participants invited to review and provide feedback.
With financial support from the SaskCulture Citizen Engagement and Planning Grant, the City is working with Prairie Wild Consulting and the Cultural Planning Team to implement Phase 3, which consists of continued citizen and stakeholder engagement to:
- Share the information from the first two phases and build on the findings
- Develop a vision, goals and actions for the future culture of Moose Jaw.
Prairie Wild Consulting conducted 56 surveys during Sidewalk Days and the Festival of Words last year, while 139 people responded to an online survey and 28 people participated in focus groups.
The company synthesized the results of the three activities and produced a report that organized the responses into 12 thematic areas. The main themes included community building, diversity, heritage, arts and cultural enterprises, events and activities, venues, parks and natural spaces, cultural resources and support, accessibility, urban environment, inner city and municipal governance and leadership.
The cultural planning team includes over 25 people representing more than 20 organizations who will continue to work to promote the shared core values of culture, diversity and acceptance in Moose Jaw during the next phase of the process, the city’s website states.
