City of Courtenay Official Community Plan - 2026 update

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Objective 1 Business retention, development, and investment are increasingly green, low carbon, climate resilient, and equitable

Policies

LE 1 LE 2

Support the expansion of green, low-carbon place-based economic development.

Support responsible and sustainability driven tourism, including local tourism, in accordance with the Comox Valley Tourism Strategy Framework. Promote green and low-carbon construction and building retrofit programs as significant local economic development opportunities as per the CleanBC Economic Development Action Strategies. Support initiatives that generate value-added, community-based business development, including but not limited to, arts and culture, local food processing, specialty forest products, and other value-added product manufacturing. Support an eco-industrial networking approach for industrial land development such as co locating businesses that can create collaborative networks to more efficiently and effectively use resources such as materials, energy, and talent. Consider how the impacts of climate change will affect local businesses in all aspects of policy development. This includes both positive and negative changes in seasonal events, recreation, tourism, and agriculture activities that rely heavily on specific weather conditions.

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PART C Thematic Policies