Creating the Plan
The draft OCP was created with input from partners and hundreds of voices in Ladysmith, bringing together community input, robust analysis, and modelling. The process included:
• Knowledge gathering and analysis of existing conditions;
• Evaluation of different land use scenarios;
• Greenhouse gas emissions inventory and modelling of different scenarios, including both “business as usual” and “low carbon” pathways;
• A detailed exploration into active transportation challenges and opportunities in Ladysmith; and
• Creation of the Plan itself.
Members of Council, staff, and the consulting team also participated in “decolonization in local government workshops” to learn and practice skills in cross-cultural relationship building, and to develop recommendations for the OCP process as well as the Town of Ladysmith’s overall practices.
