Residents and property owners in Wilmer and Dry Gulch are being encouraged to attend one of two community meetings this month regarding a new planning process in their area.

“This is about creating a vision for future growth and development in Wilmer and Dry Gulch, and the community’s input and involvement is critical,” said Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) Electoral Area G Director, Gerry Wilkie.“This will be an 18-month process and will result in a bylaw amendment to the Steamboat-Jubilee Mountain Official Community Plan (OCP) that will include Wilmer (pictured at top) and Dry Gulch in the existing Official Community Plan.”

The meetings will feature an introduction to official community plans and an overview of the expected planning process. In addition, those in attendance will be asked to share their thoughts on the process and identify important topics they feel should be addressed in the plan.

There will be two meetings held in the next few weeks:

The first is: Wednesday, September 19, 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.at the Radium Resort – Palliser Room.

The second is: Thursday, September 20 from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Wilmer Community Hall.

“We have scheduled the meetings in two different locations to accommodate as many people as we can, so I’m hoping we have a good turnout,” said Wilkie, adding, “The same information will be presented at both meetings so participants only need to attend one of the two.”
The RDEK has also prepared a questionnaire to assist residents in identifying – and sharing – the major planning issues in the area. The deadline to have questionnaires filled out and returned to the RDEK is October 5.

Copies of the questionnaire and more information on the Wilmer Dry Gulch Planning Process can be found on the RDEK’s website at www.rdek.bc.ca.

For more information, contact RDEK Planner Matt Gunn at 250-489-2791 or 1-888-478-7335.

RDEK

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