Campaign Pillar 1: Smart Growth
My 2026 Campaign Brochure is now live on my Facebook page and I want to walk you through the four pillars I will focus on if elected Mayor of Meaford. Today let's talk about the first one: Prosperity through appropriate, sustainable smart growth.
Smart growth means directing new housing, industry and commerce to the places and in the ways that actually make sense for our community's infrastructure, character and long term costs. Not growth for its own sake. For a municipality like Meaford that means concentrating higher density housing and commercial growth within our urban serviced area where water, wastewater and roads can support it, while protecting our rural landscape, farmland and hamlets from sprawl. Done right, smart growth balances the need for more housing options and a stronger tax base with the realities of what a small municipality can sustainably afford to service.
Growth is already upon us and our demographic is shifting. More young families are choosing Meaford and that is a wonderful thing. But we have real gaps in our housing continuum. We need homes that young families can actually afford to buy or rent. We also need retirement units so that our seniors can stay in Meaford rather than being forced to leave the community they love. Housing for all, that is what smart growth looks like. That is the Meaford I am working toward.
Find the full brochure here or on my Facebook page and let me know your thoughts.
Want to hear more about my approach to Smart Growth and creating more housing options for our community?
Watch my video below, where I explain what smart growth means for Meaford and the future I’m working toward.
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