Community Development is deeply connected with economic development, regional planning and social and environmental challenges in an interdependent, complex and ever-changing relationship to improve local well-being. Community Development includes projects related (but not limited) to:
- Walkability and pedestrian walkways;
- Community service organizations;
- Transportation routes and networks;
- Parks, trails and recreational areas;
- Social opportunities and connectedness;
- Essential utilities;
- Communications connectivity throughout the entire region;
- Health resources in the community;
- Land-use planning
Official Community Plan
The Northern Rockies Official Community Plan is used to guide these efforts and developments.
Guiding Principles
Cultural Principles |
This principle looks at the informal relationships, behaviours, history and shared traditions of the community. Culture includes knowledge, attitudes, feelings, ideas and values as well as the community's way of living. |
Social Principles |
Social principles refer to the life, welfare and relationships of residents in a community. Society is made up of people involved in formal groups for religious, educational, charitable, cultural, scientific, political, recreation, artistic or other interests. |
Environmental Principles |
Environmental principles are those related to the health, diversity and vitality of the community's ecology. The environment is the air, water, organisms and natural surroundings of a community. The principles describe how people interact with, and understand, the natural world. |
Economic Principles |
Economic principles are related to the careful management of the resources, finances, income and expenditure of a community, especially with a view to productivity, as well as the avoidance of unnecessary expenditure or waste. Principles promote collaboration and diversification. |