by Melissa Schweyer | Jun 22, 2023 | Webinars
The New Brunswick & Prince Edward Island Municipal Working Group is a resource for municipalities engaged in community energy and emissions planning, partnership-building and Smart Energy projects to share their experiences, lessons learned and transfer knowledge about best practices.
In our June 2023 working group meeting, Rob Kerr, Senior Associate at QUEST Canada, provided an overview of the recently released report, “Economic Impact of New Brunswick Community Energy Plans”.
by Melissa Schweyer | Jun 13, 2023 | Community Implementation
Sitansisk is one of six communities that make up the Wolastoqiyik Nation. Sitansisk is a vital part of New Brunswick’s Capital City of Fredericton and is located next to the Wolastoq (also known as the Saint John River) on approximately 125.8 plus one hectares of land; a mere fraction of the Wolastoqiyik traditional unceded ancestral territory.
by Melissa Schweyer | Jun 8, 2023 | Community Implementation
The Town of St. Stephen is located in Charlotte County along the St. Croix River, and has a population of 4,415 residents. It is within close proximity to the U.S. border as well as Saint John and Fredericton. The Town is also known as Canada’s Chocolate Town due to its chocolate heritage from the Ganong Brothers who started a grocery store in 1873 that eventually became a chocolate corporation.
by Melissa Schweyer | Jun 7, 2023 | Community Implementation
Through the Province’s Municipal Reform, the municipalities of Bath, Centreville and Florenceville-Bristol have amalgamated with the surrounding Local Service Districts (LSDs) of Glassville, Lakeville, Peel, Upper Kent, Wicklow, and Wilmot as well as a portion of the LSDs of Aberdeen, Kent and Simonds.
by Melissa Schweyer | Jun 5, 2023 | Community Implementation
The Town of Oromocto is located in the Greater Fredericton Area of New Brunswick. The population within the town boundaries totals 9,223 residents, based on the 2016 census.