Wetaskiwin Tomorrow

What could the City of Wetaskiwin do to create a more inclusive and welcoming city? How could social, cultural and economic conditions be improved to allow for this, and how could the City of Wetaskiwin facilitate and/or create opportunities that would allow for a more inclusive and welcoming community?

The county campgrounds need better rates that more fair for the average joe.

Currently the rate is per unit. This means the rate is the same for a 47 foot RV and it is for a tiny 2 person tent. Problem is a family will use 3 tents and pay 3 times more than the richer family that brought an 30 foot RV that sleeps everyone.

Community groups and programs in Wetaskiwin and area won’t have to do 100 per cent of their fundraising on their own this year.

Thanks to the pair of City-based programs – the Family & Community Support Services (FCSS) grant program and the grant in aid program, the latter headed up by the Wetaskiwin Recreation Board – city council unanimously agreed to give more than $46,000 to a bevy of Wetaskiwin and area organizations.

Wetaskiwin needs a new rec centre/pool that is a permanent structure (not a tent that I heart about). Also, we need more retail stores here because I do not wish to have to drive to Leduc or Camrose to shop. (As for Walmart, I never shop there but have been told that prices are more expensive here).

My jingle? Cars cost less in Wetaskiwin, but everything else costs more.

[H]ire, part time, some of the folks that attend the Neighbors Outreach of Wetaskiwin center. There are often a number of out of work that are very capable of taking on some day projects or even some multi-day projects. Contact the Network Co-ordinator at the NOW building – Lauralee Fanning [780-352-8428] as there is a growing plan to make this available.