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LLRIB community plan launched
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The culmination of three
years of work, the launch
of the Lac La Ronge Indian
Band (LLRIB) Community
Plan and Community Plan
Action was held in each of
the LLRIB communities, including
La Ronge on Friday,
March 30 at Senator Myles
Venne School.
LLRIB, with funding from
Aboriginal and Northern Affairs
Canada (ANAC), initiated
the process, engaging
people from the Cities and
Environment Unit, Faculty
of Architecture and Planning,
Dalhousie University, Halifax,
to assist in the process.
Chief Tammy Cook-Searson
spoke at the launching of
the Plan in La Ronge, saying
the process included bringing
people from the communities
together to share ideas and
input into the plan. Federal
funding has been cut in half
twice over the duration of the
project, she said.
The vision for the project:
“Working together to make
change happen, we will lift the
limits that hold us back and inspire
community innovation,
making life better for all”
The end results: a set of
two colourfully, illustrated
books containing the Plan
and intended actions to initiate
the Plan.
The big difference with the
plan, it’s community-based,
based on the input from the
people and each community
and is divided into four areas:
land, people, settlement and
economics.
The books are illustrated
with photographs, maps and
graphs giving details of the
community.
The Plan Action looks
at the introduction for each
community to the plan, background,
employment rates,
the land, strengths and issues,
vision of where community
plans to go in the future,
structure map, and the actions
for shaping the future.
The books includes the
project ideas under the specific
headings of: capitalize
on our assets and stimulate
entrepreneurships; open communication,
governance and
leadership; re-invent housing;
promote recreation and
wellness; empower youth;
and build connections for
each community.
Valerie G. Barnes-Connell
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