Sustainability

The Town of Drayton Valley is embarking on creating its first Municipal Sustainability Plan (MSP). This strategic business plan for the community will help to identify various short- medium- and long term actions for implementation and provide mechanisms to track and monitor progress.

This holistic approach provides guidance for the development and alignment of all existing and future municipal plans, policies and decisions (i.e. municipal development plan, transportation plan, energy plan, purchasing policy, capital planning etc.), under a single integrated framework. Our MSP will not only emphasis long-term thinking and collaboration between departments and various business sectors, it will also endeavor to engage community stakeholders, assist with the creation of various partnerships, and allow for continuous monitoring and evaluation.

An MSP is as unique to the community, as its residents are; and as such, the contents of our MSP will depend on factors such as size, geographic location, demographics, community priorities, available resources and the involvement of the local stakeholders.

Using the following approach detailed in the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association’s Municipal Sustainability Planning Guidebook, the Town of Drayton Valley’s MSP will take the form in the following five phases.

Phase I: Structuring the planning process
Phase II: Creating a shared understanding of sustainable community success
Phase III: Determining and analyzing strategy areas for community success
Phase IV: Identify initiatives to move from current reality towards success
Phase V: Ongoing monitoring and implementation

If you would like to join forces with members of Town Council and Administration in shaping Drayton Valley’s future, please contact our Sustainability Manager at (780) 514-2200 or complete the following form.