Sustainable Communities
The City of Whitehorse has been revising its Official Community Plan. The Yukon Conservation Society and Friends of McIntyre Creek have been focussing on a variety of green/environmental issues related to this plan. There is also a Friends of McIntyre Creek Flickr Site.
YCS submitted this letter to the City on June 25th, 2010 to raise the following issues;
- Middle McIntyre Creek: Porter Creek D and College endowment lands
- Sleeping Giant Hill at McLean Lake
- Connectivity for people and wildlife across the Alaska Highway Corridor.
- Infill in existing communities
YCS also submitted a draft map to outline the Additions to Parks and Greenspace Needed for Connectivity.
There has been quite a bit of media coverage on environmental aspects of the OCP. Check out:
More planning needed for McIntyre Creek - Yukon News, June 30th, 2010
Building homes, and angry neighbours - Yukon News, June 30th, 2010
Don’t stomp in my backyard, city told - Whitehorse Star, June 29th, 2010
Public’s final say on OCP goes tonight - Whitehorse Star, June 28th, 2010
