With the help of our community, council and City staff will focus on creating a smart, livable and leading city. The list below identifies five priorities and outlines some of the initiatives council will be focused on throughout their term.
Demonstrate Leadership on Climate Action
- Reduce City’s GHG 15%
- Enhance green spaces
- Electrify City’s fleet
- Reduce business/building waste
- Reduce residential energy-use
Increase Housing Affordability
- Pursue all types of housing
- Build a range of housing
- Accelerate construction
- Promote secondary suites and tiny homes
- Advocate for increased investments
Improve Walkability, Roads and Transportation
- Repair roads + enhance sidewalks/paths
- Public safety + active transportation
- Explore transit-way + active connections
- Install crosswalks
- Pilot rural transportation model
Strengthen Economic Development Opportunities
- Support businesses
- Foster arts, culture and social enterprises
- Create innovation hubs
- Enable downtown SLC campus
- Facilitate a cruise ship dock
- Explore a rural business park
- Workforce/in-migration strategies
Foster Healthy Citizens and Vibrant Spaces
- Waterfront access and beautification
- Develop an arts walk
- Redevelop Montreal Street brownfields
- Support an Indigenous cultural space
- Explore fluoridating drinking water
- Promote food security solutions
Visit the website
For more information please visit the website dedicated to Kingston City Council’s 2019-2022 priorities: www.cityofkingston.ca/apps/councilpriorities/