Posted on Tuesday, November 24, 2020 03:30 PM
New City fleet investments aren’t just delivering savings for taxpayers, they are saving the environment.
This fall the City purchased its first fully electric vehicles, three 2020 Chevrolet Bolt EVs. The purchase of the vehicles, which replace the trucks that were utilized by Municipal Works supervisors, comes as the City continues efforts to reduce its carbon footprint and contribute to the fight against climate change. Having declared a Climate Emergency, the City has committed to reducing its...
Posted on Thursday, November 19, 2020 12:15 PM
St. Catharines is rolling ahead with its Transportation Master Plan (TMP) and is now seeking public input.
A Transportation Master Plan is a long-range strategy that will ultimately guide the future of transportation within St. Catharines to support community growth. Designed as a strategy to assist City staff to proactively plan for the future of the City, the TMP supports infrastructure implementation, behaviour change and policy directions.
“The TMP will guide the future of transportation with long-term...
Posted on Tuesday, November 17, 2020 03:45 PM
When it comes to culture, St. Catharines has it in droves.
So much so that when Culture Days — a national celebration that every year sees communities across the country coming together to host cultural events in the fall — announced its rankings for 2020, St. Catharines came out at the top of the list as the number one City in Canada. The move to the top of national rankings is a sizeable jump from the number 10 spot just for mid-sized cities achieved in 2019.
“This really shows how culture has flourished...
Posted on Thursday, November 12, 2020 01:45 PM
City Council has approved St. Catharines 2020 Community Improvement Plan (CIP) to provide funding for redevelopment projects that include the provision of affordable housing, commercial buildings and heritage preservation, in addition to brownfield sites to ensure contaminated land is cleaned up and restored.
The first St. Catharines CIP was launched in 2004 in order to offer financial incentive programs to the private sector to stimulate projects that support local community renewal objectives and...
Posted on Thursday, November 12, 2020 01:15 PM
This year, like any other, the holidays will once again be a time of giving at City facilities.
The City is looking to the public to once again assist in its annual Tree of Little Angels campaign by stepping up and donating a gift for a deserving child. Now in its 23rd year the campaign sees trees set up at City facilities where visitors can drop off a new, unwrapped gift in support of Community Care St. Catharines and Thorold. While Community Care is moving to distribute gift cards, instead of actual...