Region invites public to provide input through speaker event, open house and new storefront location

Waterloo Region – The Region is inviting the public to provide input on the future of our community through a speaker event, open house and a newly opened storefront location – all part of the Central Transit Corridor Community Building Strategy. 

The Region will first welcome Dr. Steven Cassidy, Director at MRC McLean Hazel and MRC Europe as a keynote speaker for its first in a series of speaker events. The event, on April 24 at the Lang Tannery event space, will focus on enhancing mobility within the Central Transit Corridor and looking at strategies to make it easier to walk, bike, take transit and drive to key destinations. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the presentation will begin at 7 p.m. The event is free, and the public is asked to register at www.centraltransitcorridor.ca

A Community Open House on April 26 from 3 to 7 p.m. will follow with an opportunity for the public to provide their input on enhancing mobility in the corridor. The open house will be held at a new storefront location at 220 King St. W. in Kitchener. The Storefront will provide information and meeting space for the Central Transit Corridor Community Building Strategy.

The Central Transit Corridor Community Building Strategy is about exploring the potential of the Region’s future rapid transit system to provide enhanced mobility, place making, reurbanization, and strengthened communities throughout and along the Corridor.

The full consultation plan for the Community Building Strategy includes open house events, dialogue forums, stakeholder working sessions, online feedback opportunities and a project storefront. The storefront is the ‘home’ for the project. It will be used for outreach events, public drop-ins, and will showcase the visual materials produced through the process. This space offers visitors an opportunity to find more information about the Community Building Strategy, and speak to someone on the project team during scheduled events and drop in hours.

Regular open hours will be Tuesdays 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Thursdays 12 p.m. to 5 p.m., and Fridays 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.  Please come out and visit the storefront to have a chance to learn more about the Community Building Strategy and tell us what Rapid Transit means for your community!

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For more information on the Central Transit Corridor Community Building Strategy, upcoming events and the storefront, visit the website at www.centraltransitcorridor.ca or contact Amanda Kutler, akutler@regionofwaterloo.ca, 519-575-4818.