Midland's Biggest Challenges?
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The Town of Midland has a chance to take part in Communitech's Collision Day this fall. What is this event? It's an event designed to:
Help local and municipal government partners find and meet startups working in the field of Smart Cities technology;
Municipal partners are invited to pitch an overview of the problems they are trying to solve and the types of technologies they are interested in; and
The pitch is followed by an informal networking opportunity where the local/municipal government employees can meet the startups attending.
Before we get to that point, we first need to identify the largest issues the community of Midland is facing. That's where you come in. We want your suggestions on what these issues are! Below is a tool called 'Suggest a Problem' where you can submit the problem(s) you feel Midland is facing, with details as to why you feel that way. Other participants can like and comment on the suggestions as well.
Even though the Collision Day event is focused on providing technology solutions, the problems themselves need not be tech-related. Please submit your suggestion with that in mind.
The Town of Midland is also meeting with other community groups/agencies to gather their feedback, and combined with the suggestions on Engaging Midland, we will determine a shortlist to pitch at Collision Day.
*Please note: We have only been given a short window of time to submit our shortlist of problems to the organizers. The opportunity to suggest a problem will only be available until 9 a.m. on Thursday, August 15, so don't delay submitting your suggestion!
Extended to 2 p.m. on Thursday, August 15!
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Please be specific about the problem/challenge you suggest. The more information you provide, the more it will aid the possible solution.
Submissions & voting will close at
9 a.m.2 p.m. on Thursday, August 15.View All Ideasover 2 years ago
We need more activities for our kids , splash pad, civic center .Kids need more active positive things in the community and a affordable.
over 2 years ago
Affordable Housing
Most jobs in Midland are minimum wage. 14$/he and part time about 15-29 hours a week. Rent is approximately 1200$ and up plus utilities per month .. the average is 1500 per month anything else is a unicorn up there.
over 2 years ago
Waterfront for Everyone
Our family has visited many Geo Bay ports in our boat and I have to say upon entering our Midland Bay from the water The impression of our town is not favourable when viewing the overgrown uninviting shoreline . The old Unimin lands and adjacent vacant properties should be made into a fully accessible multi use recreational area for Residents and Visitors —- not building more high priced residences that restrict public access ! I am in favour of growing our population base but we need to look at preserving our precious shoreline for all to use . Parklands, boat launch , perhaps a few restaurants and continue with hosting festivals etc . We have such a rich marine history but our waterfront is inaccessible to most . Look at other Geo Bay ports for some ideas ! Even the smallest towns remember to keep their waterfronts accessible for all rather than cramming more condos and houses along the shoreline .
over 2 years ago
Waterfront
The docks and marina are nice but it would be very nice to see improvments made on the waterfront. The area around the trans canada trail coming from pete peterson park and the piers is a lovely walking area but it deffintly could benifit from attention and landscaping. There are also alot if homeless/ addicts residing in the bush area around there which makes it a but schetchy. The land between the boat house eatery and mundys landing has tons of potential. It would be so nice to see improvments made such as penetang has done with thier waterfront and to resemble little lake with the amount of beach area and useable green space.
over 2 years ago
More room in homeless shelters, more public housing to support s growing community, more effort to make housing affordable.
Long wait lists for low income housing put people at a greater risk for becoming homeless, only to be turned away by already brimming shelters. We need to fix this housing crisis. Big time. Simple problems, require big solutions.
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