Official Community Plan & Transportation Plan Update

Help shape how Vernon grows and moves over the next 20 years!

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Project Update - December 19, 2024

We are midway through the review and update of the Official Community Plan and Transportation Plan! Phase 1 and 2 of public engagement are complete. Thank you to everyone who participated and provided feedback.

The team is now shifting focus to the drafting both of these documents including mapping and project lists. Phase 3 of public engagement will be launched later in the spring of 2025 for the draft documents to receive public feedback. Council has endorsed increasing public engagement and advertising from the original engagement strategy. To stay informed when this launches, sign up to the mailing list by entering your email under "Stay Informed" and then click "subscribe".

What is an Official Community Plan?
In British Columbia, an OCP is a long-range plan that sets out policies for how a community will accommodate population growth. By 2045, an additional 20,000 people are expected to move to our community. Our new OCP will reflect our community vision for how our neighbourhoods and transportation networks can be enriched and improved to best support our growing population. This Plan will cover the following topics:

Housing and neighbourhood development
Transportation and infrastructure
Recreation, parks and trails
Climate and environmental stewardship
Economic development

What is a Transportation Plan?
The Transportation Plan guides how our community’s transportation system, such as roads, public transit, and bike and walking paths, will grow and develop in line with the OCP. The Transportation Plan will outline how we move and connect to all the places we go safely and efficiently, while making life better for everyone in our community.

Help shape how Vernon grows and moves over the next 20 years!

Help Vernon grow to be an even better place to live by sharing your ideas on housing, transportation, parks and trails, culture and community.

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Project Update - December 19, 2024

Housing and neighbourhood development
Transportation and infrastructure
Recreation, parks and trails
Climate and environmental stewardship
Economic development

Survey

CLOSED: This survey has concluded. Thank you for participating in the survey. For survey results, information on the project and to stay informed on future events, please sign up to the mailing list.

Phase 2 Community Survey

About the survey
The City is updating its Official Community Plan (OCP) and Transportation Plan (TP), and we’d like to hear from you again! Phase one of engagement is completed - thank you to everyone who participated. You can find a summary of what we heard from you here. During this second phase of engagement, we will be looking more closely at how Vernon will grow over the next 20 years. In this survey, we are looking for information on what you think is important to consider as Vernon grows when it comes to how you get around, where you’d like to see more growth and what that might look like to you.
Confidentiality
Your survey results will be kept confidential. Results of the survey will be reported without identifying any individual participants. At the end of the survey, we have a few questions about you. These questions help us to understand who we have heard from in our community so we can assess if our engagement has reached as many diverse people in our community as possible.
Questions?
Should you have any questions about this survey, please contact Planning & Community Services by email at ocp-tp@vernon.ca or by phone at 250-550-3570.
The survey will be open until end of day November 14, 2024. All paper copies must be returned to the Community Services Building at 3001 32^nd Avenue by 4:30 pm on November 14, 2024.
Thank you very much for your participation!
CLOSED: This survey has concluded. Thank you for your participation. For survey results, information on the project and to stay informed on future events, please sign up to the mailing list.

Phase 1 Community Survey
About the survey
We are updating our Official Community Plan and Transportation Plan and we’d like to hear from you! Together, these plans are the blueprint for our community's growth and development, shaping our neighborhoods and transportation networks for the next 20 years. In this first phase of engagement, we’d like to know what you value most about living in Vernon, and your ideas on the following topics:
- Housing and neighbourhoods
- Transportation and infrastructure
- Recreation, parks and trails
- Climate and environmental stewardship
- Economic development
Confidentiality
Your survey results will be kept confidential. Results of the survey will be reported without identifying any individual participants. At the end of the survey, we have a few questions about you. These questions help us to understand who we have heard from in our community so we can ensure that our engagement reaches as many diverse people in our community as possible.
Questions?
Should you have any questions about this survey, please contact Planning & Community Services by email at ocp-tp@vernon.ca or by phone at 250-550-3634.
The survey will be open until July 1, 2024.
Thank you very much for your participation!