Charting a Course for Growth

The Municipality of Chester is developing the Charting a Course for Growth Plan (or “Growth Plan”) to help address the housing shortage and position our communities for sustainable residential, commercial, and industrial growth.

The study includes the following tasks:

• Housing infrastructure planning to ensure that wastewater and water supply systems can meet needs, to identify targeted growth areas, and to create capacity for development.
• Engagement and consultation with residents, organizations, and industry stakeholders to inform our work and prepare our communities for expected growth.
• Population and workforce projections to determine anticipated growth, housing requirements, and occupations expected to be in demand.
• Identification of workforce attraction and retention strategies to decrease or barriers and increase the Municipality’s workforce capacity.
• Review of housing policies to encourage the increased production of attainable housing.
• Assessment of recreation needs to identify gaps and enhancements in recreational facilities and spaces within the context of population and visitor growth.
• Review of transportation (including active transportation) infrastructure to ensure these assets are growing with our communities.

Please visit this page often for community engagement opportunities, status reports, documentation, timelines, and more. More details on our progress as well as initiatives and projects undertaken in support of the plan will be shared on this page as well as the municipal newsletter.