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Tantramar councillors to mull over hundreds of ideas for the town’s strategic plan

Members of Tantramar Council and senior town staff will be sifting through hundreds of ideas, suggestions and criticisms when they meet behind closed doors this month to draft a five-year strategic plan for the newly amalgamated municipality. The ideas were … Continue reading

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Tantramar consultants gather wide range of ideas at strategic plan drop-in session

Thirty-one participants took up white board markers and sharpie pens as they went from table to table last Tuesday writing the answers to pre-set questions during Tantramar’s third strategic planning session at the Sackville Music Barn. Two earlier sessions in … Continue reading

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Consultant says Tantramar council and senior town staff will draft 5-yr. strategic plan behind closed doors

Consultant Craig Pollett says Tantramar Town Council and senior staff will hammer out the final details of the municipality’s strategic plan at closed-door meetings in September. “The sessions won’t be open to the public,” he said on Tuesday during the … Continue reading

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Sackville gets help from PR students in drafting new communications plan

Students in the public relations program at Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax are helping Sackville come up with a new communications plan. “This is really exciting,” CAO Jamie Burke told town council last night. “Our strategic plan requires us … Continue reading

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Sackville Town Council adopts three-year marketing plan

In a unanimous vote, Sackville councillors approved a new marketing plan last Monday that calls on the town to sell itself to its own residents before appealing to outsiders. “Too many times have we heard in the last four years … Continue reading

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Strategic Plan spawns more plans, strategies and proposals

The vote was four Sackville councillors in favour with four against, but when Mayor John Higham broke the tie in favour of adopting a $26,000, five-year strategic plan in February 2017, it meant the town was committing itself to developing … Continue reading

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Sackville’s first survey ‘report card’ gives high marks and low for services and leadership

The first annual survey of Sackville residents shows mixed results when it comes to opinions on municipal services, overall management of tax dollars and the town’s governance and leadership. One hundred and ten people responded to the online survey expressing … Continue reading

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Consultants recommend annual survey as part of Sackville’s new strategic plan

The final draft of Sackville’s five-year strategic plan calls on the town to conduct an annual survey of residents to measure their satisfaction with services and taxes and to identify things that need improvement. Town Council heard the recommendation at … Continue reading

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