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Voices and Choices is the Municipality of Chester&#39;s public engagement platform. Here, you will find information on projects - big and small! Register to leave your feedback, ask a question, or sign up for our emails.

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Why is public engagement so important to us? Learn how you can have an impact on your community.

MOC Public Engagement

The Municipality of Chester is developing a management strategy to meet the needs of potential growth in our communities. We are looking at several key areas:<ul><li>Housing Development</li><li>Capital Investment in Municipal Infrastructure</li><li>Modernizing Service Delivery</li><li>Climate Resiliency</li></ul>This multi-initiative plan will position us as an excellent location for housing developments within the next three years. Initiatives to support an expected increase in affordable, attainable, and attractive housing units include:<ul><li>Review of Municipal By-Laws and Specifications, including the Subdivision By-Law, Sewer By-Law, and Municipal Specifications;</li><li>Higher-Density Development Strategy that supports &quot;missing middle&quot; type residential housing;</li><li>Plan for municipally-owned land for the development of affordable housing as-of-right;</li><li>Online permitting system to facilitate faster processing of building/demolition permits, development permits, and sewer permits;</li><li>Marketing campaign for residential development to drive more investment from developers;</li><li>Infrastructure Plan to locate potential new and/or expanded wastewater treatment sites, explore service feasibility for possible water supply options, identify resources and processes for data concerning watersheds and coastal flood risk areas when planning climate resilient infrastructure and service delivery;</li><li>Hiring and training junior building inspectors;</li><li>Working with CMHC and the federal and provincial governments to develop pre-approved building plans; and</li><li>Exploring incentives for developers and non-profits that will encourage the creation of affordable and attainable housing.</li></ul>Please visit this page often for community engagement opportunities, status reports, documentation, timelines, and more. More details on each initiative and project will be shared on this page as well as the municipal newsletter.

Charting a Course for Growth

Municipal Council has recently approved a new Municipal Planning Strategy and Land Use By-law. These documents regulate land use and development activity for areas outside the Village of Chester. The Village is regulated by a Secondary Planning Strategy and Land Use By-law. Staff are now undertaking a review of the Village of Chester planning documents.The format and structure of the Village of Chester Plan will match the Municipal Plan, however, the policies and regulations created within the Village documents will be tailored to address the unique opportunities, issues and challenges within the Village.

Village of Chester Secondary Planning Strategy and Land Use By-law Review

The Municipality of Chester is committed to providing quality services and programs to all, not just some. We believe in equity, diversity, inclusion and dignity and will work towards eliminating barriers where we can, both within our organization and in our communities.This site will focus primarily on our equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) efforts, but will also extend to the work we are doing in accessibility. Below are the structures we have put in place to carry out this work.<ul><li>We have partnered with the rest of the municipal units in Lunenburg County to establish and implement a regional accessibility plan. Each unit, including ours, will be audited and individual plans developed. We have completed our audit and developed a good portion of our plan. </li><li>In 2021, Municipal Council approved the formation of an Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Advisory Committee to provide advice and support. Committee members were selected (six community members and two Councillors) and the first meeting was held in January 2022.</li><li>We have developed and are implementing our EDI Action Plan, approved by Council in March of 2023.</li><li>Council has agreed to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with the other municipal units in Lunenburg County to strike an anti-racism committee with a regional lead-person.</li></ul>Read our newsfeed for updates on projects, check our our resource library, or sign up to comment or give us your ideas and suggestions.

Inclusion Means Everyone

The Municipality of Chester recognizes the importance of reliable, high-speed internet for residents, businesses, and organizations in our communities. We help facilitate rural internet projects in our Municipality by supporting provincial and federal government agencies who lead the development of internet infrastructure with private sector internet service providers. Our support may take several forms: financial partnership for internet projects; communications and research support; and information-gathering about areas unserved/underserved by high speed internet. Now that several projects are underway, we encourage you to let us know if your community has limited or no access to high speed internet service and we can advocate for further internet projects in your area. Rural internet projects underway or recently announced are outlined below. Project updates will be provided in News updates on this page when available. Dedicated high speed broadband wireless towers, with a maximum of seven towers serving multiple communities. Project lead: TNC Wireless Inc., with investment from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada’s Connect to Innovate program and the Municipality of Chester. Status: community consultation process for the first three tower sites (Windsor Road, Forties, and Seffernville) completed. Wired-to-the-home network in New Ross. Project lead: Bell, with investment from Develop Nova Scotia’s Internet for Nova Scotia Initiative program. Status: the project is essentially complete, as of November 18, 2020, although Bell indicated there remains three NS Power work orders to complete which may affect some civic addresses. Wired-to-the-home network project “Blandford”, with communities served to include Northwest Cove, Southwest Cove, Aspotogan, Bayswater, Upper Blandford, Blandford, and New Harbour. Project lead: Bell, with investment from Develop Nova Scotia’s Internet for Nova Scotia Initiative program and the Municipality of Chester. Status: project announced on September 1, 2020; details about timing and project area maps forthcoming. Wired-to-the-home network project “Chester Surround”, with project areas to include Aldersville area, Seffernville area, New Russell area, and the Canaan area. Project lead: Bell, with investment from Develop Nova Scotia’s Internet for Nova Scotia Initiative program and the Municipality of Chester. Status: project announced on September 1, 2020; details about timing and project area maps forthcoming. 

Rural Internet