myPG Asks for More Input

Tuesday, March 30, 2010 03:55 AM

Prince George, B.C. –The myPG community plan is into it’s review stage, and that means an opportunity for residents to speak up and let the project team know if they are on the right track.

Just over 1,900 community members submitted their goals for the future of Prince George. More than 250 stakeholders and organizations took part in some in-depth workshops to help identify top action for achieving the goals.

At this point, the top five items ( according to the number of responses) for action are:

Sense of place: Have a clear identity that the community can be proud of, with a strong downtown and connection to its rivers and natural surroundings.
Air quality: Have clean air.
Health and wellness: A healthy and active community with abundant recreational opportunities and opportunities for local food.
Equity and inclusion: Be a community where ethnic diversity is welcomed, everyone has good access to educational, social, and other services, and marginalized people are included.
Economic prosperity: A centre for vibrant economic growth, attracting newcomers and business and service choice.

Until April 19^th, myPG wants to hear if they are on the right track with what people have told them, and how the progress to the goals can be measured.

You can register your comments by visiting the myPG website.

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Posted by: Loki on March 30 2010 11:53 AM

I tried the mypg. I also backed out right away. This was supposed to be anonymous, it was not.
The invitation came addressed by name, and included a unique id number that was required on the website. That is hardly anonymous.

If they really wanted to get more input, they should have just opened the survey to any mouse click.

Instead they deliberately created a survey that would get the same or less response than any other survey that would have been truly anonymous.

Posted by: NMG on March 30 2010 1:42 PM

They probably don't want people sending in 35 responses all under different monikers, as that would skew the results and make for a very unreliable survey.

When it comes to something like this, I have no issue giving my name. I think I actually had to do it when I did the short survey a while back. Then again, maybe CSIS will show up on my door one day and ask why I think air quality in PG is such an issue, LOL.

Posted by: gus on March 30 2010 2:37 PM

Well, if they show up on your doorstep, they may have realized it already themselves just through the trip from the airport. :-)

Posted by: Mr. PG on March 31 2010 8:19 AM

MyPG is being run by the bureaucrats at City hall. The tightly controlled messaging is not the reflection of public opinion, but rather the "dreams" of the career bureaucrats.

The plan atlks about a stagnant growth rate of 0.3%. In other words they are planning for zero growth, and accordingly are planning to fail. The myPG plan sends a negative message to the residents of our City and to the rest of the world.

Posted by: Mr. PG on March 31 2010 8:25 AM

"Sense of Place" represents worn out planning terminology that was in vogue over 30 years ago.

"Sense of Place" is meaningless jargon, "invented by the planners" at a cost to the City budget of over $450,000.

Is "Sense of Place" the best that they can come up with?

The MyPG plan has no fiscal component. Where is the encouragement for City businesses? MyPG should be a positive plan and not the negative document that is currently being floated on the City website.