Why Engage?
Welcome to Let's Talk Squamish! This is the District of Squamish's online home for public engagement for residents to provide meaningful input into the decision-making process. Squamish is shaped by the people in our community. Let's Talk Squamish provides an opportunity for residents to weigh in on topics that matter.
On this site you'll find important information about projects that are shaping the future of our community, and ways for us to hear from you. We hope you'll use this space to ask questions, share ideas, and provide feedback on the projects that are most important to you.
A Positive Space to Build the Future
There are a variety of perspectives in our community. On Let's Talk Squamish, we are bringing different ideas together. It is a positive space that allows us to work together so that we can all contribute to our shared future.
This site does not replace the important conversations that we look forward to at in-person events. Instead, it is a home for all engagement information online. It offers anyone in Squamish an opportunity to participate, at anytime, when it's convenient for you. We'll be sure to share information here about in-person engagement events and registration details as they come up.
This site is updated on a regular basis with new projects. Please register to stay up to date on the projects that matter to you. Once you have registered, you can participate in all of the discussion forums, ask a question, share an idea, map your priorities, complete a survey, and more. It's a simple registration process and you only have to do it once.
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Let's talk about the tennis court use at McNaughton Park!
I understand the lack of entertainment for youth in our community and skateboarding has become a popular outlet for many.
However, I own in Westway apartments and back onto the tennis court. All summer long- morning, noon and night - I hear crashing and banging from the skateboarding. Music is played, alcohol is consumed, and washroom activities take place (there are no toilets). Fireworks have been set off underneath the overhang of forestry. I have to keep my windows and doors closed all summer long unless I want to hear the constant noise pollution. My baby is constantly woken by the noises (as have we at 6am on some Sunday mornings), yet bylaw seems to not know where or how to direct my concerns. There have also been injuries sustained because the ramps have been built by...well, not licensed builders that's for sure.
I have never been considered or asked if I would appreciate a skatepark to live next to, yet somehow it has been taken over without community engagement. How can this be? Where do we direct a concern that will actually be heard? I'm all for a skate park, but don't feel that an overrun tennis court is the appropriate placement, especially in a stones throw from residences.
Good morning,
In listening to the mayor on mountain FM this morning speaking of downtown parking and a new study that is coming to help tackle the parking crisis in Squamish, she said there are 500 parking spaces downtown. Can the mayor, staff or council elaborate what areas are included in this number? Living and working downtown, and seeing vehicles towed that are parked longer than 2 hours, idling delivery trucks, clients unable to find parking and visitors struggling to find parking, I'm wondering how this can be if there are 500 parking spaces. Some clarity please would be much appreciated. Thank you. Anne Bright
It would be good to get more projects listed and raise more awareness of this site. You could also promote it to the young people 12-24 to get their input.
Ps. It's been 8 days since an answer on Budget 2022. So the feedback is, yes indeed, Why Engage?
Question and Feedback. Question: I am wondering if the deadline of Nov 15 for the Garibaldi Estates project will be extended. I noticed that it's been six days since Planning was able to answer any of the Q&A on the Garibaldi Estates project. It was made very clear by DOS Planning at the presentation on Oct 18 that this is the preferred and most meaningful means of engagement for residents to obtain answers from Planning. If that's the case, and Planning is understandably just too swamped to reply, would you extend the deadline since Planning is unable to answer the Q&A in a timely manner? Feedback: I am disappointed with Let's Talk Squamish. It's like talking to a brick wall.
It's a slick platform. But from what I can tell, does not engage the residents it is meant to service. The surveys are crazy biased and reflect only the answers the planning department wants to reflect. There isn't enough information about process. The timeline says more open houses but I would like to see more specific detail on process. It's hard to understand what residents can do to ensure they are being listened to. It definitely keeps your residents and constituents at a distance.
Who can we talk to about getting more visible stop signs and at least another crosswalk on Queens Way at Commercial? If it were a four-way stop there would be far less accidents. People speed down Queens way and the streetside parking makes it really hard to pull out onto this street especially from the Solterra complex and from Commercial Way. With the detours the highway issues at Mamquam are going to cause, this alternate travel area is going to see an increase in traffic and it's already a danger zone. People speed down Queens way and the streetside parking makes it really hard to pull out onto this street especially from the Solterra complex and from Commercial Way. I work in the area and it is a frequent accident site. The trees on Commercial Way travelling westbound have grown enough to obscure visibility of the stop sign that is set to the right of the sidewalk, as well.
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