Public Consultation

Island Coastal Ventures is committed to the continued engagement of neighbours, community stakeholders, non-government organizations, and government regulators in meaningful, inclusive, and transparent dialogue about the project vision. Public input offered to date is provided in detail here. The dialogue with neighbours, stakeholders and others in the community has been systematically documented and reviewed by Island Coastal Ventures and its consulting team since the project’s inception, and has formed some of the core guidance in the development of the Longlands proposed development plan.

Contrary to the “typical” development timetable of project planning and design followed by public presentation and defense of the design, Island Coastal Ventures has tried to build trust and respect with the surrounding community and decision-makers, and to understand neighbour and stakeholder values prior to the undertaking of site planning. This approach enables the planning and design team to respond in a real-time manner and adaptively evolve the project’s objectives and development solutions as community or regulatory concerns arise.

Public and regulatory consultations were initiated in March 2008, and will continue with the project’s advancement through the rezoning application process. Consultations listed on the Community Consultation To Date page and the many additional smaller stakeholder meetings with community members have been undertaken using a variety of methods.  Consultations have included informal one-on-one discussions and private site tours with concerned neighbours and interested third parties, small-scale meetings with regulatory agencies, stakeholder organizations, and residents’ groups, as well as large-scale public information sessions with invitation lists numbering in the hundreds.