The Municipality of Greenstone has plans, reports and studies in place to work towards a vibrant and growing community.
MUNICIPAL BEAUTIFICATION STRATEGY
The Municipality of Greenstone engaged a third-party consultant to develop a strategic blueprint for beautification for the Municipality of Greenstone. The Municipal Beautification Strategy addresses local needs and circumstances, while taking into consideration the Municipality’s ability to fund and support initiatives determined by its Council. The report identifies significant findings in describing the current state of the municipality landscape and, within recommendations its potential revitalized and beautified future state.
MUNICIPAL HOUSING STRATEGY
The Municipality of Greenstone engaged a third-party consultant to perform a comprehensive review and provide recommendations for the Municipality to move forward with attainable and realistic solutions for housing within the Municipality of Greenstone. The Municipal Housing Strategy has been developed from a community perspective and highlights key findings and recommendations, as well as the Municipal role in attainable housing.
Asset Management Plan
Our Asset Management Plan and Strategic Asset Management Policy outline how we plan to handle aging infrastructure through maintenance and replacement. Asset infrastructure includes roads, bridges, sidewalks, lights and improved water and sewer systems.
Corporate Strategic Plan
The Municipality of Greenstone's Corporate Strategic Plan identifies key priorities for the municipality over the next five years.
Municipal Emergency Plan
Our Municipal Emergency Plan helps protect our community's safety from the effects of a natural, technological, or human-caused emergency. If Council declares an emergency, all Greenstone staff, residents, and emergency services will follow the plan for a coordinated response.
Your responsibility in an emergency
Emergency preparedness begins with you. Learn how you can prepare for any type of emergency. By being ready for emergencies, you help to reduce the impact of a crisis in our community.
Municipal Emergency Management Program |
| The Municipal Emergency Management Program strives to improve our level of preparedness. Our Municipal Emergency Plan, adopted by Council, outlines our detailed plan to keep everyone safe. Our initiatives to support the emergency plan include:
Emergency Operations Control GroupIn the event of an emergency, our Emergency Operations Control Group will meet to coordinate an emergency response to keep our community safe. Community Emergency Management CoordinatorThe Community Emergency Management Coordinator manages our emergency preparedness initiatives and ensures our plan is up to date. |
Official Plan
The Official Plan outlines land use planning in the Municipality of Greenstone. Review our Official Plan before you take on a new building or development project.
Water and Wastewater Financial PlanS
The Municipality of Greenstone has developed a Water and Wastewater Financial Plan that outlines our financial position and plans to keep our water infrastructure up to date.
WASTE MANAGEMENT PLANNING and REPORTING
Major development projects are subject to the requirements of the Environmental Assessment Act. We often undertake public consultation with the help of a project consultant who assists us through the stages of the Environmental Assessment (EA) process. The EA process is an important part of planning future developments. With respect to waste management in Greenstone, an EA may be required for changes to existing landfill sites or the development of a new site. If we are working on a project, a notice will be advertised on the Municipal website and other media streams required by the Act.
| Planning & Consultation for a New Landfill Site |
| In 2021 the Municipality retained a landfill engineering consultant to assist the Municipality with the Environmental Assessment required for the development of new regional landfill site. Scroll down to "Greenstone Waste Management Environmental Assessment" for more information on public engagement for this project. |
| Closure of the Geraldton Landfill |
| In order to comply with Environmental Compliance Approval A7004401 authorizing the operation of the Geraldton Waste Disposal Site (Landfill), the site will be permanently closed effective December 31, 2021. The Municipality will continue with activities required by the Site Closure Plan approved by the Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks. |
| Beardmore Landfill Expansion Project |
| Environmental Monitoring Reports for all Municipal Landfills |
GREENSTONE WASTE MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
The Municipality of Greenstone is starting an Environmental Assessment process. During this process, engineers will study ways to reduce and manage waste within the region of Greenstone. The goal is to create a long-term plan to manage and dispose of the Municipality of Greenstone's solid waste.
Three rounds of engagement are planned with the communities of Greenstone, Indigenous groups, and organizations in the area. Meetings with select rights-holder and stakeholder groups will occur in Fall 2022 with public workshops open to the public to follow. To learn more about the public engagement process, timeline, and ways to get involved, please click on the tabs below.
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August 26, 2022 – Public Notice of Commencement |
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There are four municipal operated landfills in the communities of Geraldton, Longlac, Nakina, and Beardmore. Current Capacity
A long-term solution is need for the management of solid waste for the region. Development of this solution requires initiating an Environmental Assessment study to evaluate alternatives for waste management, identification of a preferred system, and selection of a preferred site. The Environmental Assessment process is guided by the Municipality of Greenstone Municipal Solid Waste Disposal Plan Environmental Assessment Terms of Reference. The Terms of Reference was completed in 2013 and approved by Ministry of Environment in 2014. It acts as a road map for the current process including steps required in the study and consultation process. |
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Ways to get involvedParticipant Meetings Meetings are planned with targeted stakeholder groups and organizations such as Waste Management Steering Committee, Indigenous Communities, recycling partners, Government representatives, and Industry representatives that have a vested interest in the project, provide related services or programs, or require review of the project or process. indigenous community meetings
Public EventsPublic workshops are planned for community-wide involvement in the study. These events will be open to all community members, will provide more information about the project, and gather feedback from the public. Information about the dates and locations of upcoming events will be provided here once the public workshops are scheduled. Please stay tuned! The first round of public workshops are scheduled at all Community Centres. Planned dates are: Longlac – November 7 Longlac Sportsplex 200 Picnic Point Road 3-7pm Nakina – November 8 Nakina Community Centre 206 North Ave 3-7pm Geraldton - November 9 Geraldton Community Centre 200 Wardrope Ave 3-7 pm Beardmore – November 10 100 Main St 3-7 pm
Questions regarding the engagement process or want to get involved?Contact the project team at GreenstoneEA@kgsgroup.com |
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seniors' services review
The Municipality of Greenstone provides a variety of services to support seniors living across Greenstone, including the communities of Beardmore, Geraldton, Longlac, Nakina and the surrounding rural areas. In March 2020, the Municipality commissioned a consultant to perform a complete Seniors' Services Review.
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