Official Community Plan

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SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE

OBJECTIVES

1. All Courtenay residents experience equitable access to services 2. Coordinated, inclusionary, and systems-based responses are in place to address evolving complex social issues 3. Physical spaces are designed with the needs for social connection and accessibility in mind 4. Neighbourhood and community development-based organizing are leveraged as a source of community capacity and resilience Objectives and policies pertaining to an important social infrastructure – Parks and Recreation – are included in the policy chapter by that name. Other social infrastructure such as community gardening and a resilient and equitable food system are included in the Food Systems policy chapter. Arts, Culture and Heritage as a foundation to thriving and expressive social systems are included in that policy chapter. Affordable housing and affordable transportation are addressed in those respective chapters as well.

City of Courtenay Official Community Plan