The Town of The Pas held a regularly scheduled council meeting on Monday, May 6, at council chambers. During the Citizens Period, Gabrielle Swan from The Pas Guest List and Jackie Rechenmacher did a presentation about the need for a live arts theatre in the community.
The Pas Community Development Corporation was scheduled to do a presentation to the council on the activities leading up to April 2024. Some of the highlights noted were that the housing assessment and CWL RV and Campground Masterplan were completed. The EV Charging Station is operational and being used. The Wood Acres II Lot Auction has been advertised and with five inquiries but no bids to date. Jonathan has attended several meetings, workshops and conferences.
The projects for 2024 include selling remaining vacant lots in town; dealing with abandoned and derelict buildings; housing development; Highway 283 land development; immigration partnership; and transportation projects such as community bus and airport development.
The current projects that Jonathan is working on are creating an abandoned derelict building report and some by-law recommendations; boarding up buildings; creating the preliminary steps to creating a zonal immigration partnership; researching and preparing grants for a community bus and some strategic planning priorities.