Integrated Community Sustainability Plan

In 2007, countless community members contributed their thoughts, ideas and dreams about their vision for the future of our city. A group of dedicated community stakeholders then devoted many days articulating that information into a Community Vision Statement and supporting series of 20-Year Community Goals. Together with a set of Sustainability Principles developed by the volunteers of the Saint John Environment Committee, the Vision and Goals outline what we – the community – want our Saint John to be in the future.

Knowing what and where we want to be was the first step; the next was figuring out how to get there. Of the hundreds of actions or steps that we could take forward, how do we decide what ones we should take and what should come first?
The Integrated Community Sustainability Plan is the answer to that question.
It highlights six ‘Primary Projects’ that – of the hundreds of possible projects that could be pursued – will do the most to mobilize our community towards our vision for the future and sustainability. The list of possible projects was based on the foundation of ideas from a number of sources but primarily on input gathered from the public during development of the Community Vision and Goals and extensive input from a large group of stakeholders that were involved throughout the development of this document.
Of the many actions and projects suggested by the community and stakeholders, each was evaluated to determine how directly it would link to each Sustainability Principle and 20-Year Community Goal.   The Primary Projects are those projects that ‘floated to the top’ as a result of this evaluation. In other words, these projects are the ones with the most linkages to where our community wants to be in the future.
This document is the culmination of widespread input from the community and stakeholders on what they envision for the future of our community and what steps are needed to take us there. 
Integrated Community Sustainability Plan (PDF - opens in Acrobat Reader. 1,159 KB)