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halton.ca (| 311 at Halton REGION —= Halton Highlights A fina April 2023 Provide your input on Halton’s 2023-2026 Strategic Business Plan With every new term of Council, we set priorities and actions required to deliver on issues that matter to you. With Halton expected to grow from 624,000 to 1.1 million residents by the year 2051, the priorities captured in our 2023-2026 Strategic Business Plan must reflect the needs of the community to preserve our high quality of life. To complete the plan, we want to hear from you. Between March 23 and May 4, we are asking the community to participate in consultation activities and provide feedback on our draft themes, goals, actions and measures. INFRASTRUCTURE ‘AND GROWTH Here’s how to get involved: STRATEGIC BUSINESS PLAN 2023-2026 CLIMATE + take our short online survey; or + attend a virtual (Zoom) public meeting om on Wednesday, April 12 or pmRONMENT Tuesday, April 25 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. To learn more, take the survey or adda virtual meeting to your calendar, please visit halton.ca/strategicplan. Thank you for your participation! Spring into waste management! Help reduce community waste by using your Blue Box, Green Cart and Yard Waste to turn recyclables into new products and organics into compost! Halton Region's convenient waste reduction programs make managing your household waste an easy part of your daily routine. Here are some tips and reminders as we head into spring: « Yard waste collection will resume the week of April 3 on the same day as garbage. + The Halton Waste Management Site will be open every Sunday between May 7 and June 25 from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. + Dispose of household hazardous waste and electronics at the Special Waste Drop-off Day on June 3 at the Burlington Closed Landfill. + Pick up high-quality compost at the Spring Compost Giveaway from May 8 to 14 at the Halton Waste Management Site. waste to check your schedule, use our sorting re details about upcoming even an Keeping you informed by highlighting what makes Halton a great place to live. Gary Carr, Regional Chair : The 2022 Economic Review points to : a positive future for Halton Halton’s 2022 Economic Review highlights the Region’s strong economic growth and recovery. 2022 saw increases in construction and development, along with stable growth within the labour market, which support = continued expansion. In 2022, we also saw international : investment in our region, including The Cultivated B. = opening a manufacturing facility and innovation hub ? in Burlington that will bring 200 highly skilled jobs to : Halton. : 2022 highlights also include: pe significant business t+ a62 percent = + animprovement Visit halton.ca for the full schedule. investment; increase in building projects in the industrial sector over 2021; and in the region’s unemployment rate of 6.5 per centin 2021, to 5.5 per cent in 2022. : Learn more about the 2022 Economic Review or access : the Region's business services by visiting halton.ca. : Meetings at Halton Region Regional Council meetings are taking place through web : conferencing until further notice. Videos will be posted to : halton.ca. 040623 woo"uo}]EYyapIsUt £202 ‘9 Iudy ‘Aepsinyy | seneeg eA¥eO | 6